SHARED SURFACES AND DISABLED PEOPLE

Early day motion 496, tabled 19 January 2009 by Roger Berry (Labour). Signed by 188 members.

That this House supports the Guide Dogs for the Blind Association (Guide Dogs) and the Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee in calling for a moratorium on new shared surface schemes in our towns and cities until the Department for Transport has published the results of its forthcoming research; recognises that in these schemes it is not possible for certain groups of vulnerable road users to use such areas independently because they cannot tell where the pavement ends and the road begins; and welcomes the research that Guide Dogs has already carried out to highlight the issue and to try to find an effective solution.

Signatures by party: Labour 101, Liberal Democrat 44, Conservative 25, DUP 5, Independent 5, Scottish National Party 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent Labour 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Respect 1, UUP 1.