SHOP ACCESSIBILITY

Early day motion 2833, tabled 23 October 2006 by Paul Holmes (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 42 members.

That this House considers accessibility to shops for the disabled to be an essential human right as recognised in law by the Disability Discrimination Act; welcomes the work of the local shop accessibility campaigning group Aspire in Chesterfield to achieve this in reality; recognises the support of the disability charity Leonard Cheshire in Aspire's campaign; supports Aspire's work in raising awareness of disability access in shops; congratulates the success of Aspire's action day in Chesterfield on Friday 20th October; applauds shopkeepers in Chesterfield for their positive response to Aspire's campaign; commends shops that have taken steps to make their premises accessible; and calls on all shops across the UK to work to ensure that they are fully accessible to disabled people.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 23, Labour 14, DUP 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Conservative 1.