METROLINK IN GREATER MANCHESTER AND SCOOTERS FOR DISABLED PEOPLE

Early day motion 247, tabled 16 June 2010 by Ivan Lewis (Labour). Signed by 12 members.

That this House notes that disabled people have been using electric scooters on Metrolink for many years; further notes with concern that without consultation Greater Manchester Integrated Transport Authority (GMITA)has now banned scooters from the Metrolink, discriminating against disabled people, undermining their independence and damaging their quality of life; and calls on GMITA and Stagecoach to reverse this decision with immediate effect and to begin a consultation with disabled people and their representatives about how Metrolink can be made more, not less, accessible.

Signatures by party: Labour 11, DUP 1.