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AVAILABILITY OF PUBLIC TEXTPHONES

Early day motion 789, tabled 6 July 1999 by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 27 members.

That this House believes that the current nationwide provision of 84 public text phones is inadequate; notes that in the past two years there has been no increase in the number of public textphones; is concerned that plans to increase the number of public textphones to 400 by 2000 have been dropped or postponed; and calls on Her Majesty's Government to take action urgently to improve access to telecommunications for deaf and hearing-impaired people.

Signatures by party: Labour 16, Liberal Democrat 8, UUP 2, Labour/Co-operative 1.