Free Eye Tests

EDM number 471 in 1996-97, proposed by John Hannam on 30/01/1997.

That this House congratulates the Royal National Institute for the Blind on the publication of Losing Sight of Blindness; recognises that this shows that older people are putting their sight at risk due to not having their eyes tested regularly and that many older people are being deterred from attending an eye test due to the fee; understands that this happens because of fear about the cost of tests and confusion over exemption categories; welcomes the wide range of medical, professional and older people's organisations who are supporting the RNIB campaign; recognises that Her Majesty's Government has said that it would cost ú32 million to restore free eye tests for people aged 60 years and over; and calls upon Her Majesty's Government to introduce free comprehensive eye tests for all people aged 60 years and over and other high risk groups as a matter of priority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 101 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Hannam	30/01/1997	Exeter		Proposed
Martin Smyth	30/01/1997	Belfast South		Signed
Simon Hughes	30/01/1997	Southwark and Bermondsey		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	30/01/1997	Ynys M		Signed
Margaret Ewing	30/01/1997	Moray		Signed
Audrey Wise	30/01/1997	Preston		Signed
Harry Barnes	31/01/1997	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Kevin McNamara	31/01/1997	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
John Wilkinson	03/02/1997	Ruislip - Northwood		Signed
Peter Thurnham	03/02/1997	Bolton North East		Signed
Hugh Bayley	03/02/1997	York, City of		Signed
John Gunnell	03/02/1997	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Norman Godman	03/02/1997	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
John Evans	03/02/1997	St Helens North		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	03/02/1997	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	03/02/1997	Leigh		Signed
Dennis Skinner	03/02/1997	Bolsover		Signed
Peter Hardy	03/02/1997	Wentworth		Signed
Barry Jones	03/02/1997	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Ken Livingstone	03/02/1997	Brent East		Signed
John Cummings	03/02/1997	Easington		Signed
Robin Corbett	04/02/1997	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Jim Cunningham	04/02/1997	Coventry South East		Signed
Ian Davidson	04/02/1997	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Andrew Faulds	04/02/1997	Warley East		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	04/02/1997	Durham, City of		Signed
Paddy Tipping	04/02/1997	Sherwood		Signed
Dennis Turner	04/02/1997	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Robert Wareing	04/02/1997	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Nicholas Winterton	04/02/1997	Macclesfield		Signed
Harry Cohen	04/02/1997	Leyton		Signed
Sydney Chapman	04/02/1997	Chipping Barnet		Signed
Richard Burden	04/02/1997	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Ernie Ross	04/02/1997	Dundee West		Signed
Robert Hicks	04/02/1997	South East Cornwall		Signed
Roy Hughes	04/02/1997	Newport East		Signed
Eric Illsley	04/02/1997	Barnsley Central		Signed
Lynne Jones	04/02/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
John McAllion	04/02/1997	Dundee East		Signed
William McKelvey	04/02/1997	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
Bill Michie	04/02/1997	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Ray Michie	04/02/1997	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Chris Davies	05/02/1997	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
Donald Dixon	05/02/1997	Jarrow		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	05/02/1997	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
Maria Fyfe	05/02/1997	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Neil Gerrard	05/02/1997	Walthamstow		Signed
Tommy Graham	05/02/1997	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Roy Beggs	05/02/1997	East Antrim		Signed
Joe Benton	05/02/1997	Bootle		Signed
Paul Tyler	05/02/1997	North Cornwall		Signed
Jim Wallace	05/02/1997	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Jean Corston	05/02/1997	Bristol East		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	05/02/1997	Islington North		Signed
Eric Clarke	05/02/1997	Midlothian		Signed
Colin Pickthall	05/02/1997	West Lancashire		Signed
Peter Pike	05/02/1997	Burnley		Signed
John Home Robertson	05/02/1997	East Lothian		Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/02/1997	Staffordshire South East		Signed
Charles Kennedy	05/02/1997	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
Alice Mahon	05/02/1997	Halifax		Signed
Alan Meale	05/02/1997	Mansfield		Signed
Alf Morris	05/02/1997	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
David Nicholson	05/02/1997	Taunton		Signed
Edward O'Hara	05/02/1997	Knowsley South		Signed
Don Foster	06/02/1997	Bath		Signed
Mike Hall	06/02/1997	Warrington South		Signed
Jack Thompson	06/02/1997	Wansbeck		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	06/02/1997	Caernarfon		Signed
Paul Flynn	06/02/1997	Newport West		Signed
Tom Cox	06/02/1997	Tooting		Signed
Denis MacShane	06/02/1997	Rotherham		Signed
Nigel Jones	06/02/1997	Cheltenham		Signed
Robert Hughes	06/02/1997	Aberdeen North		Signed
John Heppell	06/02/1997	Nottingham East		Signed
Bridget Prentice	06/02/1997	Lewisham East		Signed
Diana Maddock	07/02/1997	Christchurch		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	10/02/1997	St Helens South		Signed
Russell Johnston	10/02/1997	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Jim Dowd	11/02/1997	Lewisham West		Signed
Michael Connarty	11/02/1997	Falkirk East		Signed
Alex Carlile	11/02/1997	Montgomery		Signed
Anne Campbell	11/02/1997	Cambridge		Signed
Helen Jackson	11/02/1997	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	12/02/1997	Perth and Kinross		Signed
Martyn Jones	13/02/1997	Clwyd South West		Signed
John McWilliam	13/02/1997	Blaydon		Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/02/1997	Barnsley East		Signed
Mildred Gordon	13/02/1997	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Andrew Bowden	18/02/1997	Brighton, Kemptown		Signed
Nick Harvey	19/02/1997	North Devon		Signed
John Hunt	20/02/1997	Ravensbourne		Signed
David Chidgey	26/02/1997	Eastleigh		Signed
Denzil Davies	05/03/1997	Llanelli		Signed
Terry Davis	05/03/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Bill Etherington	06/03/1997	Sunderland North		Signed
James Callaghan	06/03/1997	Heywood & Middleton		Signed
Joan Lestor	06/03/1997	Eccles		Signed
William McCrea	06/03/1997	Mid Ulster		Signed
Eddie McGrady	13/03/1997	South Down		Signed
Mike Gapes	20/03/1997	Ilford South		Signed

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