GLOUCESTERSHIRE COUNTY ASSOCIATION FOR THE BLIND

Early day motion 1640, tabled 13 September 2004 by Laurence Robertson (Conservative). Signed by 33 members.

That this House notes that 312,000 people are registered as blind or partially-sighted in England, 69 per cent. of whom are over 75 years of age; congratulates the Gloucestershire County Association for the Blind (GCAB) on its outstanding work as the oldest and largest charity working for the visually impaired in Gloucestershire; recognises that approximately 3,000 visually impaired people are supported through GCAB's visiting service and that its volunteers work at 600 hospital clinics annually; welcomes GCAB's Re-launch Week from 18th to 26th September; and calls on the Government to ensure that every effort is made to secure equality of access to services for visually impaired people under the Disability Discrimination Act.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Liberal Democrat 6, Conservative 5, DUP 3, Labour/Co-operative 3, UUP 1.