<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>3965</id>
<session>1990-91</session>
<number>56</number>
<title>Funding Of Braille Production</title>
<proposer id="16431">John Hannam</proposer>
<date>1990-11-13</date>
<text>That this House deeply regrets that for the first time in its history the Royal National Institute for the Blind's Braille grant has been cut from Ãº250,000 to Ãº200,000; notes that the grant is only a contribution towards RNIB'S Braille production which costs it Ãº3.5 million annually; acknowledges that in some cases Braille production might be funded on a contractual basis and welcomes this practice by some Government departments; nonetheless believes in principle that Braille production requires subsidy to ensure blind and partially sighted people have adequate access to information; and calls on the Government to restore and maintain the real value of the grant.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="16431">John Hannam</mp>
		<date>1990-11-13</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Exeter</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21738">Russell Johnston</mp>
		<date>1990-11-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16505">Jack Aspinwall</mp>
		<date>1990-11-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansdyke</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>1990-11-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10635">Dafydd Wigley</mp>
		<date>1990-11-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22634">Jack Thompson</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wansbeck</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10607">Dennis Turner</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10050">David Blunkett</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Brightside</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10027">Kevin Barron</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rother Valley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10246">Win Griffiths</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10196">Ronnie Fearn</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22255">John Evans</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17270">Alexander Eadie</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10280">David Hinchliffe</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wakefield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10284">John Home Robertson</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Lothian</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16400">Terry Patchett</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22114">Robert Hughes</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberdeen North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21734">David Knox</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Staffordshire Moorlands</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18174">Eddie Loyden</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, Garston</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10132">Robin Corbett</mp>
		<date>1990-11-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Erdington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10654">James Wray</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow Provan</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10247">Bruce Grocott</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wrekin, The</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22641">Mildred Gordon</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bow and Poplar</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10215">Maria Fyfe</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Maryhill</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10174">Frank Doran</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberdeen South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10088">Menzies Campbell</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Fife North East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10118">David Clelland</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tyne Bridge</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10454">Paul Murphy</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torfaen</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10436">Austin Mitchell</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Great Grimsby</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10550">John Smith</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Glamorgan</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10493">Joyce Quin</mp>
		<date>1990-11-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gateshead East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10379">Ian McCartney</mp>
		<date>1990-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Makerfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10449">Mo Mowlam</mp>
		<date>1990-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Redcar</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10158">Denzil Davies</mp>
		<date>1990-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16391">John Blackburn</mp>
		<date>1990-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10161">Ron Davies</mp>
		<date>1990-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caerphilly</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10545">Andrew Smith</mp>
		<date>1990-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10059">Keith Bradley</mp>
		<date>1990-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Withington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10519">Joan Ruddock</mp>
		<date>1990-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewisham, Deptford</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date>1990-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worsley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10514">Willie Ross</mp>
		<date>1990-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10553">Martin Smyth</mp>
		<date>1990-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10444">Elliot Morley</mp>
		<date>1990-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glanford and Scunthorpe</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16732">Andrew Bowden</mp>
		<date>1990-11-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10137">Jim Cousins</mp>
		<date>1990-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newcastle upon Tyne Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10028">John Battle</mp>
		<date>1990-11-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10320">Ieuan Wyn Jones</mp>
		<date>1990-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10238">Tommy Graham</mp>
		<date>1990-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Renfrew West and Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10618">Jim Wallace</mp>
		<date>1990-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orkney &amp; Shetland</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16404">Jim Sillars</mp>
		<date>1990-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Govan</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17366">Andrew Faulds</mp>
		<date>1990-12-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warley East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>1990-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Ulster</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10245">Nigel Griffiths</mp>
		<date>1990-12-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21776">Doug Hoyle</mp>
		<date>1990-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warrington North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>1990-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21720">Dafydd Elis Thomas</mp>
		<date>1990-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10475">Tom Pendry</mp>
		<date>1991-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stalybridge &amp; Hyde</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10042">Gerry Bermingham</mp>
		<date>1991-02-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10294">Kim Howells</mp>
		<date>1991-02-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pontypridd</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21654">Alf Morris</mp>
		<date>1991-02-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Wythenshawe</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10266">Sylvia Heal</mp>
		<date>1991-02-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Staffordshire Mid</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10334">Charles Kennedy</mp>
		<date>1991-02-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ross and Cromarty and Skye</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10053">Richard Body</mp>
		<date>1991-02-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Holland with Boston</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10217">Roger Gale</mp>
		<date>1991-02-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Thanet</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10516">Ted Rowlands</mp>
		<date>1991-02-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Merthyr Tydfil &amp; Rhymney</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10636">John Wilkinson</mp>
		<date>1991-02-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ruislip - Northwood</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10198">Mark Fisher</mp>
		<date>1991-02-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10085">Richard Caborn</mp>
		<date>1991-02-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield Central</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10306">Adam Ingram</mp>
		<date>1991-03-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Kilbride</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10292">George Howarth</mp>
		<date>1991-03-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22587">Harry Greenway</mp>
		<date>1991-03-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>1991-03-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>1991-03-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>1991-04-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>1991-04-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10649">Audrey Wise</mp>
		<date>1991-04-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Preston</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1991-04-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10511">Jeff Rooker</mp>
		<date>1991-05-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Perry Barr</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10285">Jimmy Hood</mp>
		<date>1991-05-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clydesdale</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22610">Alex Carlile</mp>
		<date>1991-05-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Montgomery</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>