2001 Census For The Blind (EDM480)

2001 Census For The Blind

EDM number 480 in 2000-01, proposed by Andrew George on 22/03/2001.

That this House welcomes the Office of National Statistics' (ONS) intention to ensure that 2001 Census forms will be made available in alternative formats on request, but regrets that the ONS has no plans to provide visually impaired or deafblind people with 2001 Census forms in alternative formats or to accept Census returns on anything other than the standard small print form; is concerned that individuals with a significant visual or dual sensory impairment will therefore be required to request assistance in making their Census returns and thus have no option but to share information about their personal circumstances with others; believes that preventing visually impaired and deafblind people from making independent returns constitutes less favourable treatment in relation to their sighted peers; urges the Government to take swift action to ensure that the 2001 Census returns by visually impaired and deafblind people will be accepted in alternative formats; and calls on the Government to ensure forms for use in future Censuses comply with the Royal National Institute's Clear Print Guidelines and are also produced in alternative formats.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andrew George	22/03/2001	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
David Rendel	22/03/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/03/2001	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	29/03/2001	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	29/03/2001	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	29/03/2001	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Tyler	29/03/2001	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	30/03/2001	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	02/04/2001	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	02/04/2001	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/04/2001	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	02/04/2001	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	02/04/2001	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	02/04/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	02/04/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/04/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/04/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	03/04/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/04/2001	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	03/04/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	03/04/2001	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
David Prior	04/04/2001	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	04/04/2001	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	04/04/2001	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	04/04/2001	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	04/04/2001	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ray Michie	04/04/2001	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	05/04/2001	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	05/04/2001	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	05/04/2001	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Davidson	05/04/2001	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Clarke	05/04/2001	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	05/04/2001	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	05/04/2001	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	09/04/2001	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	09/04/2001	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	10/04/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/04/2001	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	10/04/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/04/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	23/04/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/04/2001	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	23/04/2001	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Marshall	23/04/2001	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	23/04/2001	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Oona King	23/04/2001	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	23/04/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	23/04/2001	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julie Morgan	24/04/2001	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	25/04/2001	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	26/04/2001	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	26/04/2001	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	26/04/2001	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Meale	30/04/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	01/05/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	01/05/2001	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Chris McCafferty	02/05/2001	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John Austin	02/05/2001	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/05/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	03/05/2001	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tess Kingham	03/05/2001	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	03/05/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/05/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	10/05/2001	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	10/05/2001	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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