HC Deb 20 December 1974 vol 883 c674W
Mr. Kilroy-Silk

asked the Secretary of State for the Environment from what date the new concession for blind people under Section 21 of the Chronically Sick and Disabled Persons Act 1970 will become operative.

Mr. Carmichael

The revised "orange badge" scheme of parking concessions for disabled people, which will include blind persons registered under the National Assistance Act 1948, is expected to come into operation in the early summer of 1975.