Mobility Benefits For Blind People

EDM number 1982 in 2007-08, proposed by Anne Begg on 08/07/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House welcomes the Government's recognition of the case for giving blind people access to the higher rate mobility component of disability living allowance, a benefit which provides financial support to disabled people with the extra mobility costs they face, such as through having to travel by taxi or private hire vehicle; notes that organisations representing blind people, including Royal National Institute for the Blind, have made a convincing case both in principle and in practice, recognised by Ministers and officials, for giving blind people access to this benefit, but that having engaged constructively with these organisations for over one year on the precise detail and implementation of changes required to bring about a practical and robust solution, the Government has yet to confirm what action it will take to change current entitlement criteria; and therefore calls on the Government to reach a prompt resolution to this matter and to end the exclusion of blind people from this important extra cost benefit, when they face some of the greatest barriers to independent mobility.

This motion has been signed by a total of 259 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Anne Begg	08/07/2008	Aberdeen South	Labour	Proposed
Jim Devine	08/07/2008	Livingston	Labour	Seconded
Helen Southworth	08/07/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Seconded
Ian Stewart	08/07/2008	Eccles	Labour	Seconded
Bob Laxton	08/07/2008	Derby North	Labour	Seconded
Graham Stringer	08/07/2008	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/07/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/07/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	08/07/2008	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	08/07/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/07/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/07/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	09/07/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/07/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	09/07/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/07/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/07/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	09/07/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	09/07/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	09/07/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	09/07/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	09/07/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/07/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/07/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/07/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/07/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Alan Meale	09/07/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	09/07/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	09/07/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/07/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/07/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Drew	10/07/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	10/07/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/07/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	10/07/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
David Heath	10/07/2008	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Pugh	10/07/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	14/07/2008	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	14/07/2008	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/07/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	14/07/2008	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	14/07/2008	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	14/07/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	14/07/2008	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/07/2008	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	14/07/2008	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	14/07/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	14/07/2008	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	14/07/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	14/07/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Tom Clarke	14/07/2008	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	14/07/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	14/07/2008	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	14/07/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	14/07/2008	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Sheridan	14/07/2008	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/07/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/07/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	14/07/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/07/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	14/07/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	14/07/2008	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	14/07/2008	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/07/2008	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sally Keeble	14/07/2008	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	14/07/2008	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	15/07/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/07/2008	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
John Austin	15/07/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	15/07/2008	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	15/07/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	15/07/2008	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	15/07/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	15/07/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	15/07/2008	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	15/07/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	15/07/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
David Heyes	15/07/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	15/07/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/07/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	15/07/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	15/07/2008	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	15/07/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
David Curry	15/07/2008	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	16/07/2008	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Keith Vaz	16/07/2008	Leicester East	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	16/07/2008	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Anthony D Wright	16/07/2008	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Sian James	16/07/2008	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
John Leech	16/07/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	16/07/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	16/07/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Blunkett	16/07/2008	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	16/07/2008	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	16/07/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Robert Smith	16/07/2008	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	16/07/2008	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/07/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/07/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	16/07/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	16/07/2008	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	16/07/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Danny Alexander	17/07/2008	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	17/07/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/07/2008	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	17/07/2008	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	17/07/2008	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	17/07/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	17/07/2008	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	21/07/2008	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	21/07/2008	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/07/2008	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	21/07/2008	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	21/07/2008	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	21/07/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	21/07/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	21/07/2008	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John McDonnell	21/07/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	21/07/2008	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/07/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	21/07/2008	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/07/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	21/07/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	21/07/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/07/2008	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Linton	21/07/2008	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	22/07/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/07/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Walker	22/07/2008	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/07/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	22/07/2008	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	22/07/2008	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	22/07/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	22/07/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
David Davies	22/07/2008	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/07/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	22/07/2008	Dover	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	06/10/2008	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	06/10/2008	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	06/10/2008	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	06/10/2008	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	06/10/2008	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	06/10/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
John Bercow	06/10/2008	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	06/10/2008	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Bailey	06/10/2008	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	06/10/2008	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	06/10/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	06/10/2008	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
John Grogan	06/10/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	06/10/2008	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	06/10/2008	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Whittingdale	06/10/2008	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	06/10/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Phil Wilson	06/10/2008	Sedgefield	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	06/10/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	06/10/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	06/10/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	06/10/2008	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	06/10/2008	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Hands	06/10/2008	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	06/10/2008	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	06/10/2008	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	06/10/2008	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	06/10/2008	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Douglas Carswell	06/10/2008	Harwich	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	06/10/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pete Wishart	06/10/2008	Perth & Perthshire North	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bruce George	06/10/2008	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	06/10/2008	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/10/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	06/10/2008	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/10/2008	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fraser Kemp	06/10/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	06/10/2008	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	06/10/2008	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Michael Jack	06/10/2008	Fylde	Conservative	Signed
Doug Henderson	06/10/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	06/10/2008	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Geraldine Smith	06/10/2008	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	06/10/2008	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	06/10/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Alex Salmond	06/10/2008	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Reid	06/10/2008	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	06/10/2008	Medway	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	06/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lembit	06/10/2008	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	06/10/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	06/10/2008	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/10/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	06/10/2008	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	06/10/2008	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	06/10/2008	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	06/10/2008	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	06/10/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	06/10/2008	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	06/10/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	06/10/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	06/10/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	06/10/2008	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	06/10/2008	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	06/10/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
David Amess	07/10/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Frank Field	07/10/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	07/10/2008	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	07/10/2008	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Williams	08/10/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	08/10/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	08/10/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	09/10/2008	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	09/10/2008	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	09/10/2008	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	09/10/2008	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	13/10/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Mike Gapes	13/10/2008	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	13/10/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	13/10/2008	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	13/10/2008	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	13/10/2008	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	14/10/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	14/10/2008	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	14/10/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	15/10/2008	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	15/10/2008	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	15/10/2008	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Love	15/10/2008	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	15/10/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
James Plaskitt	15/10/2008	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Peter Soulsby	16/10/2008	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	16/10/2008	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	16/10/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Malcolm Moss	16/10/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hesford	16/10/2008	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	16/10/2008	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	17/10/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Katy Clark	17/10/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	17/10/2008	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	20/10/2008	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
John Redwood	20/10/2008	Wokingham	Conservative	Signed
Laura Moffatt	21/10/2008	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	21/10/2008	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Edward Timpson	23/10/2008	Crewe & Nantwich	Conservative	Signed
John Cummings	27/10/2008	Easington	Labour	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	27/10/2008	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	28/10/2008	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	29/10/2008	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	29/10/2008	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hendrick	04/11/2008	Preston	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	04/11/2008	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	06/11/2008	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	10/11/2008	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	10/11/2008	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	17/11/2008	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
John McFall	17/11/2008	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	19/11/2008	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
John Mason	20/11/2008	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Heppell	25/11/2008	Nottingham East	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ann McKechin	Unknown			Withdrawn

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