Employment Discrimination And Blind People

EDM number 1339 in 2003-04, proposed by Robert Key on 10/06/2004.

That this House welcomes the Action for Blind People and the Royal National Institute for the Blind campaign report, Beyond the stereotypes: Blind and partially sighted people and work; expresses concern at the report's findings that only one in four blind and partially sighted people of working age are actually in work (unchanged from ten years ago), and that interventions designed to assist disabled people into work are generally not supporting blind and partially sighted people; is disappointed that nine out of ten employers believe that blind and partially sighted people are either 'difficult' or 'impossible' to employ and that only three per cent. of small businesses are aware of the October extension of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995; and calls on the Government to ensure that all employment services and programmes take account of the specific needs of blind and partially sighted people, to promote the Access to Work scheme amongst employers, to increase the resources available to cope with the increased demand resulting from the extension of the Act in October and to promote greater awareness amongst employers of their new duties and responsibilities under the Act.

This motion has been signed by a total of 121 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robert Key	10/06/2004	Salisbury	Conservative	Proposed
Harry Barnes	14/06/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/06/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	14/06/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	14/06/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	14/06/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/06/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	14/06/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	15/06/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hywel Francis	15/06/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	15/06/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
David Amess	15/06/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Turner	15/06/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/06/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	15/06/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	15/06/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/06/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	15/06/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	15/06/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	15/06/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/06/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	15/06/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	15/06/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/06/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	15/06/2004	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	16/06/2004	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Edward Garnier	16/06/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	16/06/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/06/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
John Thurso	16/06/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	16/06/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	16/06/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/06/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	16/06/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	16/06/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/06/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	16/06/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	16/06/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/06/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	16/06/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	16/06/2004	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	16/06/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	17/06/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Tami	17/06/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/06/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	17/06/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/06/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	17/06/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	17/06/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	17/06/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/06/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	18/06/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Patsy Calton	18/06/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Olner	18/06/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	18/06/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	18/06/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/06/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	18/06/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	21/06/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	21/06/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	21/06/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	21/06/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	21/06/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	22/06/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	22/06/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	22/06/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	22/06/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	22/06/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	22/06/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	23/06/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	23/06/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gregory Campbell	23/06/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Tom Brake	23/06/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	23/06/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	24/06/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	24/06/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	24/06/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	24/06/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	28/06/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	28/06/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	28/06/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	28/06/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	28/06/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	29/06/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	29/06/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	29/06/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	30/06/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	01/07/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Seamus Mallon	05/07/2004	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	05/07/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	05/07/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	06/07/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	19/07/2004	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Marion Roe	21/07/2004	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
George Mudie	21/07/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	22/07/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/07/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	07/09/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	07/09/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	07/09/2004	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	07/09/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	07/09/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
John Butterfill	07/09/2004	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	07/09/2004	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	07/09/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	07/09/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
Andy King	07/09/2004	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/09/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	07/09/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Si	07/09/2004	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	14/09/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	14/09/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	16/09/2004	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	16/09/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	11/10/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	11/10/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	14/10/2004	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	21/10/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	27/10/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/11/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gavin Strang	16/11/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed

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