Early Day Motion·EDM 717

TRANSPORTATION OF DISABLED PASSENGERS

23 January 2007107 Signatures

Primary sponsor

Mrs Sharon Hodgson

LabourWashington and Gateshead South

Motion Text

That this House notes the vital role taxis play in the transportation of disabled passengers; notes that this is of particular concern to RADAR, a national network of disability organisations and for disabled people; is concerned that a failure to produce regulations will have a significant and deleterious effect on the transport improvements for disabled people across the UK; and calls upon the Department for Transport to implement disability regulations under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, rather than a voluntary code.