METROLINK IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND SCOOTERS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

Motion Text

That this House notes that disabled people have been using electric scooters on Metrolink for many years; further notes with concern that without consultation Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA)has now banned scooters from the Metrolink, discriminating against disabled people, undermining their independence and damaging their quality of life; and calls on GMITA and Stagecoach to reverse this decision with immediate effect and to begin a consultation with disabled people and their representatives about how Metrolink can be made more, not less, accessible.