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Scottish Concessionary Travel Scheme For The Blind And Allied Companion Card Scheme

EDM number 811 in 1997-98, proposed by John McAllion on 18/02/1998.

That this House notes that there are 32 separate travel concession schemes currently in operation throughout Scotland; further notes that blind people travel free in all but two; regrets that the schemes are not co-ordinated and inter-changeable; accepts that the 30,000 registered blind people in Scotland are disadvantaged by the restrictions and confusions of 32 different schemes; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to establish an integrated and comprehensive scheme of concessionary travel and allied companion card scheme for blind and visually-impaired people within Scotland.

This motion has been signed by a total of 44 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
John McAllion18/02/1998Dundee EastLabourProposed
John Home Robertson18/02/1998East LothianLabourSigned
Jimmy Wray18/02/1998Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned
Norman Godman18/02/1998Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe18/02/1998Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Eric Clarke18/02/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm18/02/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Russell Brown18/02/1998DumfriesLabourSigned
Michael Connarty18/02/1998Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Ernie Ross19/02/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner19/02/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
Lynne Jones19/02/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone19/02/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell19/02/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice23/02/1998PendleLabourSigned
Jim Wallace23/02/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Roseanna Cunningham24/02/1998PerthScottish National PartySigned
Ray Michie25/02/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie25/02/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones26/02/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones27/02/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Margaret Ewing27/02/1998MorayScottish National PartySigned
Michael Moore06/03/1998Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Savidge12/03/1998Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar16/03/1998Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill26/03/1998OchilLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy01/04/1998Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell07/04/1998Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd30/04/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones05/05/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Dafydd Wigley05/05/1998CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Archy Kirkwood07/05/1998Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Davidson18/05/1998Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
George Galloway09/06/1998Glasgow, KelvinLabourSigned
Alasdair Morgan10/06/1998Galloway & Upper NithsdaleScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond01/07/1998Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Andrew Welsh01/07/1998AngusScottish National PartySigned
Denzil Davies14/07/1998LlanelliLabourSigned
Richard Livsey16/07/1998Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Allan Rogers22/07/1998RhonddaLabourSigned
Raymond Powell23/07/1998OgmoreLabourSigned
Lembit 27/07/1998MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Audrey Wise27/07/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Martin Caton31/07/1998GowerLabourSigned

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