Access For All in rural areas

Early day motion 1755, tabled 20 April 2021 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 7 members.

That this House recognises the enormous barriers that still exist at many railway stations across the country for people with mobility issues; welcomes the Department for Transport’s Access for All scheme to provide funding to make accessibility improvements to railway stations; acknowledges that the scheme’s criteria rewards stations with higher footfall and therefore penalise rural areas with often more elderly populations; and calls on the Government to review this criteria so that stations in rural communities are given a fair chance of being selected when the next round of funding is announced in 2024.

Signatures by party: Labour 3, Liberal Democrat 3, DUP 1.