Right To Read: Access To Reading For People With Reading Disabilities

EDM number 359 in 2003-04, proposed by David Heath on 07/01/2004.

That this House welcomes the creation of the Right to Read Alliance, made up of 15 organisations including RNIB, the National Library for the Blind and Calibre; agrees that people with reading disabilities should have the right to read the same book, at the same time, and at the same price as everyone else; expresses concern that each year 95 per cent. of books, magazines and newspapers are not produced in formats such as large print, audio and braille which are accessible to people with a visual impairment, dyslexia or other reading disability; recognises that this leads to the exclusion of almost three million people from the educational, information and leisure opportunities reading provides; supports the Alliance's calls for the Government to establish an access to reading fund to increase the production of not-for-profit transcription agencies; and recognises the need to increase co-ordination between schools producing accessible information so that all children and students with reading disabilities can access the materials they need to undertake their studies successfully.

This motion has been signed by a total of 150 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Heath	07/01/2004	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Richard Younger-Ross	07/01/2004	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	07/01/2004	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	07/01/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	07/01/2004	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	07/01/2004	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	07/01/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	08/01/2004	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sue Doughty	08/01/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	08/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/01/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	08/01/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	08/01/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Cotter	08/01/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	08/01/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	08/01/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/01/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	08/01/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	08/01/2004	Belfast South	Independent Ulster Unionist	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/01/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	08/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/01/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/01/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	12/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	12/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	12/01/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/01/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	13/01/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Robert Wareing	13/01/2004	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	13/01/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	13/01/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Garnier	13/01/2004	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
Hywel Francis	13/01/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	13/01/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Meale	13/01/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	13/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	13/01/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/01/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Holmes	13/01/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	14/01/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	14/01/2004	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Colin Breed	14/01/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	14/01/2004	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	14/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	14/01/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	15/01/2004	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/01/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	15/01/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	19/01/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	20/01/2004	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	20/01/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	20/01/2004	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Kevin Brennan	21/01/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	21/01/2004	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Stephen Dorrell	22/01/2004	Charnwood	Conservative	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	22/01/2004	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/01/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Helen Clark	26/01/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	28/01/2004	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	28/01/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Jon Trickett	29/01/2004	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	29/01/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	10/02/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	10/02/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/02/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	12/02/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Diana Organ	23/02/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	24/02/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	24/02/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	24/02/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	24/02/2004	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	25/02/2004	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	25/02/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	25/02/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	26/02/2004	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	26/02/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Turner	26/02/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Graham Stringer	26/02/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	26/02/2004	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	26/02/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
John Taylor	01/03/2004	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	01/03/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	01/03/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	01/03/2004	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
John Randall	01/03/2004	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Valerie Davey	02/03/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	02/03/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	02/03/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	02/03/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	03/03/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	03/03/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	04/03/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Barbara Follett	05/03/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	05/03/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Robinson	05/03/2004	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Joyce Quin	05/03/2004	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	08/03/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	08/03/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Hunter	08/03/2004	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	09/03/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
John Hume	09/03/2004	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Norman Baker	09/03/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	10/03/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jeff Ennis	10/03/2004	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	10/03/2004	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Lembit	11/03/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/03/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew George	15/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/03/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/03/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	17/03/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dowd	17/03/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	17/03/2004	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	22/03/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	22/03/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Lloyd	22/03/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Jack	22/03/2004	Fylde	Conservative	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	25/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	30/03/2004	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	01/04/2004	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/04/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	19/04/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	20/04/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/04/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	22/04/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	06/05/2004	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/05/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Smith	12/07/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	15/07/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alex Salmond	15/07/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Weir	20/07/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/09/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	07/09/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jane Griffiths	08/09/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	14/09/2004	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	14/09/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	20/10/2004	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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