SCOPE'S TIME TO GET EQUAL TRANSPORT CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1149, tabled 29 November 2005 by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 62 members.

That this House welcomes Scope's Time to Get Equal Transport Campaign which highlights the discrimination many disabled people experience when trying to travel by air; notes that air and sea transport are still exempt from the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 and that the only regulation of airlines' treatment of disabled passengers is through a voluntary code of practice; regrets the many examples of less favourable treatment of disabled people by airlines in the UK; and calls on the Government to lift the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 exemption on aviation and shipping and to use the UK Presidency of the European Union to ensure that the proposed EU regulation on passengers with reduced mobility is passed as soon as possible.

Signatures by party: Labour 36, Liberal Democrat 19, DUP 3, Plaid Cymru 3, Conservative 1.