200th Anniversary Of The Birth Of Louis Braille

EDM number 222 in 2008-09, proposed by David Blunkett on 10/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Disability discrimination.

That this House celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of Louis Braille, inventor of the unique communication system for blind people that has been instrumental in unlocking knowledge and potential, creating opportunities and supporting independence from its invention to the present day; notes the importance of providing braille and other forms of accessible information across all sectors and in all areas of activity to create a fair and inclusive society; and calls on the Government to lead by example and to support and develop measures to ensure that all public services and information provision are fully accessible to disabled people.

This motion has been signed by a total of 122 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Blunkett	10/12/2008	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Proposed
Roger Berry	10/12/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	10/12/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Annette Brooke	10/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Amess	10/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Seconded
Brian Binley	10/12/2008	Northampton South	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	10/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	10/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/12/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	11/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	11/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	11/12/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	11/12/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	11/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/12/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	11/12/2008	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	11/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/12/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	11/12/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hugh Bayley	15/12/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/12/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Angela Watkinson	15/12/2008	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	15/12/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	15/12/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	15/12/2008	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	15/12/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
John Horam	15/12/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	15/12/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	15/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	15/12/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	16/12/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Danny Alexander	16/12/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/12/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	16/12/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	16/12/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Edward Vaizey	16/12/2008	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	16/12/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Stephen Williams	16/12/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	16/12/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Walter	16/12/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Peter Viggers	16/12/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Dari Taylor	16/12/2008	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	16/12/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	16/12/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/12/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	16/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/12/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	16/12/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	16/12/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	17/12/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Janet Anderson	17/12/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
John Battle	17/12/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	17/12/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	17/12/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	17/12/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	17/12/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	17/12/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Chris Ruane	17/12/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	17/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/12/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	17/12/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	17/12/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	17/12/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	18/12/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jo Swinson	18/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	18/12/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Thurso	18/12/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Gray	18/12/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	18/12/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	18/12/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	18/12/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/12/2008	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	12/01/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	12/01/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	12/01/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/01/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	12/01/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	12/01/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	12/01/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/01/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	12/01/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Ian Davidson	12/01/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	12/01/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	12/01/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	12/01/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	12/01/2009	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	12/01/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	12/01/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	12/01/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	12/01/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	12/01/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	12/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	12/01/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/01/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/01/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	14/01/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	14/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	15/01/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/01/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	19/01/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	20/01/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	28/01/2009	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	29/01/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/03/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	10/03/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mann	11/11/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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