Better Access To Television For Deaf And Hard Of Hearing People

EDM number 1392 in 2007-08, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 22/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Disability discrimination.

That this House congratulates the BBC on reaching 100 per cent. subtitling of programming across its main television channels and supports RNID and NDCS in calling for other broadcasters to follow suit; notes that subtitling is an essential service for millions of deaf and hard of hearing adults and children who rely on it to access and enjoy television; further notes that many deaf adults and children who use sign language would also benefit from more signed programming; further celebrates Deaf Awareness Week, 5th to 11th May; and calls on broadcasters to ensure that deaf and hard of hearing people and children are portrayed in a wide variety of roles on television.

This motion has been signed by a total of 136 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Malcolm Bruce	22/04/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tom Levitt	22/04/2008	High Peak	Labour	Seconded
Tim Loughton	22/04/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Seconded
Roger Berry	22/04/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Seconded
Daniel Kawczynski	22/04/2008	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Conservative	Seconded
John Barrett	22/04/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Wareing	23/04/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/04/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	23/04/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	23/04/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	23/04/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	23/04/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	23/04/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	23/04/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	23/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	23/04/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/04/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	23/04/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	23/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/04/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Alan Reid	23/04/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	23/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/04/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	23/04/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Paul Holmes	23/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	23/04/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	23/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	23/04/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	23/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	23/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/04/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	23/04/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	23/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	24/04/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	24/04/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	24/04/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	24/04/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	24/04/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	24/04/2008	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/04/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	24/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	25/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	25/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	25/04/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	28/04/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Francis	28/04/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	28/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	28/04/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	28/04/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	28/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Boswell	29/04/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	29/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	29/04/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Breed	29/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	29/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Brian Iddon	29/04/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	29/04/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Don Foster	30/04/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	30/04/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Taylor	30/04/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/04/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	30/04/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Linda Riordan	30/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	30/04/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	30/04/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	30/04/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	30/04/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	30/04/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Maclean	30/04/2008	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Miller	30/04/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	30/04/2008	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	30/04/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	01/05/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	06/05/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	06/05/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	06/05/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	06/05/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	06/05/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
David Simpson	06/05/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	06/05/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	07/05/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	07/05/2008	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	07/05/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	07/05/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	07/05/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/05/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	08/05/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	08/05/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	08/05/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Danny Alexander	09/05/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sammy Wilson	09/05/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Derek Conway	09/05/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Eddie McGrady	09/05/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Eric Martlew	12/05/2008	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Mark Harper	12/05/2008	Forest of Dean	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	13/05/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	14/05/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	14/05/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	14/05/2008			Signed
Joan Humble	14/05/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	15/05/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
David Heyes	15/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	15/05/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	16/05/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	20/05/2008	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/05/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Walker	22/05/2008	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	02/06/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/06/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/06/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	02/06/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	03/06/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Bob Neill	11/06/2008	Bromley & Chislehurst	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/06/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	16/06/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Baron	17/06/2008	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	17/06/2008	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	24/06/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/06/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
John Austin	30/06/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	06/10/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed

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