Petitions/Set rules about when a service/venue can describe itself as accessible
StatusClosed
Opened8 Nov 2024
Closes8 May 2025
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Parliamentary debateNot eligible
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Amend the Equality Act 2010 to prevent a venue or service describing themselves as 'accessible' without describing in what way it is accessible, i.e. what the accessibility features are.

Disabled people regularly face disappointment, lost money and inconvenience when trusting they can access something that is described incorrectly as 'accessible'. They travel to or book tickets for places so described only to find its not accessible for them. The problem is 'accessible' means different things to different people depending on their own needs. Mandating the addition of a list of accessibility features allows disabled people to decide if a venue or service will be accessible to them or not.

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Mr Lee Dillon
1Mr Lee Dillon MP
Newbury
6
Alex Baker
2Alex Baker MP
Aldershot
5
Ms Polly Billington
3Ms Polly Billington MP
East Thanet
5
Dr Peter Prinsley
4Dr Peter Prinsley MP
Bury St Edmunds and Stowmarket
4
Dr Rupa Huq
5Dr Rupa Huq MP
Ealing Central and Acton
4
Jack Abbott
6Jack Abbott MP
Ipswich
4
Rachel Taylor
7Rachel Taylor MP
North Warwickshire and Bedworth
4
Clive Lewis
8Clive Lewis MP
Norwich South
4
Ian Sollom
9Ian Sollom MP
St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire
4
Shaun Davies
10Shaun Davies MP
Telford
4
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