§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will extend the orange badge scheme to central London; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThat is primarily for the local authorities concerned to decide.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list all the organisations which have responded to his Department's discussion paper on the orange badge scheme.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe following 178 organisations have responded to the Department's discussion paper on the orange badge scheme:
- Aberdeen and North East Council on Disabled
- Access Committee (England)
- Access Derby
- Access for All
- Access for the Disabled (Kensington and Chelsea)
- Access for the Disabled (Leeds)
- Access for the Disabled (North Tyneside)
- Age Concern
- Age Concern (Brent)
- Alzheimers Disease Society
- Alzheimers Disease Society (Salisbury and District)
- Arthritis Care (Chorley Branch)
- Arthritis Care (Cleveland)
- Association of Chief Police Officers
- Association of Chief Police Officers (Scotland)
- Association of County Councils
- Association of Directors of Social Services
- Association of Directors of Social Work
- Association of Disabled Professionals
- Association of District Councils
- Association of London Authorities
- Association of Metropolitan Authorities
- Association of Welsh Health Authorities
- ASTMS (Ward End Branch)
- Automobile Association
- Aylesbury Vale Health Authority
250 - Bath Association for the Disabled
- Beeston Partially Sighted Society
- Bexley Access Group
- Bexley Association of the Disabled
- Birmingham Voluntary Service Council
- Blackpool and Fylde Society for the Blind
- Bognor Regis Joint Committee of the Disabled
- Bolton Access Group
- Borough of Sunderland Council for the Disabled
- British Association of Social Workers
- British Association of Social Workers (Wales)
- British Council of Organisations of Disabled People
- British Limbless Ex-Service Men's Association (BLESMA)
- British Medical Association
- British Medical Association (General Medical Services Committee)
- British Pensioners and Trade Unions Action Association
- British Polio Fellowship
- British Polio Fellowship (North London)
- Buckinghamshire Association for the Blind
- Buckinghamshire Local Medical Committee
- Cambridge Disabled Access and Transport Group
- Cambridgeshire Society for the Blind
- Cheshire Society for the Deaf
- Chester and District Committee for the Disabled
- College of Occupational Therapists
- Confederation of British Industry
- Convention of Scottish Local Authorities
- Council of British Service and Ex-Service Organisations (COBSEO)
- Daventry Council for the Disabled
- Derbyshire Centre for Integrated Living
- Disabled Action South Holland
- Disabled Advice Bureau
- Disabled Advice Service (Wandsworth)
- Disabled Drivers Association
- Disabled Drivers Association (Bournemouth)
- Disabled Drivers Association (Scunthorpe)
- Disabled Drivers Club (Peterborough)
- Disabled Drivers Motor Club
- Disabled Information Service (Westminster)
- Disabled Motorists Club (Gloucester)
- Disabled Motorists Club (Lunesdale)
- Doncaster and District Association for the Welfare of the Disabled
- Enfield Voluntary Association for Disabled
- Epping Forest Association of Disabled People
- Equality Council
- Exeter Access Committee
- Freight Transport Association
- Gedling Access Group
- Godalming Disablement Action Group
- Greater London Association for the Disabled
- Greater Manchester Coalition of Disabled People
- Greater Manchester Highways and Disability Group
- Greater Manchester Police
- Haringey Day Centre
- Hove Society for the Disabled
- Hucknall Partially Sighted Society
- Hull Council for Disabled People
- Hull Society for Mentally Handicapped Children and Adults
- Humberside Society for the Physically Handicapped
- Institute for the Blind (Dewsbury/Batley)
- Joint Committee on Mobility for the Blind
- Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled
- Kent Associaton for the Blind
- Leicestershire Consumers Council
- London Boroughs Association
- London Boroughs Disability Resource Team
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- Merrion Club for the Blind
- Mid Suffolk Re-Think for Disabled People
- Milton Keynes Council of Disabled People
- Monmouthshire Disablement Association
- Multiple Sclerosis Society
- Multiple Sclerosis Society (Rotherham)
- National Advisory Unit for Community Transport
- National Association of Citizens Advice Bureau
- National Association of Health Authorities
- National Association or Limbless Disabled
- National Association of Local Government Workers (NALGO)
- National Chamber of Trade
- National Federation of the Blind (Cleveland)
- National Federation of the Blind (Darlington and South Durham)
- National Federation of Kidney Patients Associations
- National Federation of St. Raphael Clubs for the Physically Disabled
- National League of the Blind and Disabled
- National Union of Public Employees (Hull) (NUPE)
- Newham Association for the Disabled
- Norfolk Association for the Disabled
- North Regional Association for the Blind
- North Tees Community Health Council
- North West Surrey Health Authority
- Nottingham Partially Sighted Society
- Nottinghamshire Coalition of Disabled People
- NUCLEUS
- Nuneaton and Bedworth Council for the Disabled
- Open Sesame Group for Handicapped in Wyre Forest
- Parkinsons' Disease Society
- Pedestrians Association
- Phobic Aid Group Enterprises (PAGE)
- Plus Self Help Association
- Polynous (Group of Retired Thinking People)
- Poole and District Association for Disabled
- Portsmouth Council of Community Service
- Royal Association of Disability and Rehabilitation (RADAR)
- Royal Automobile Club
- Roya British Legion
- Royal College of Medical Practitioners
- Royal Leicestershire, Rutland and Wycliffe Society for the Blind
- Royal Leicestershire Society for the Blind
- Royal National Institute for the Blind
- Royal Sheffield Institute for the Blind
- Royal Society for the Blind (Bristol)
- St. Dunstans
- Scottish Council of Disability
- Scottish Spinal Cord Injury Association
- S.E.N.S.E. (National Deaf-blind and Rubella Association)
- Social Care Association
- South Cleveland Hospital
- South Cleveland Hospital—Occupational Therapists
- Southend District Community Health Council
- Southend Federation for the Handicapped
- South Glamorgan Access and Mobility Committee
- South Lakeland Council for the Disabled
- South Regional Association for the Blind
- Spastics Society
- Spelthorne Talking News
- Spinal Injuries Association
- Stockport Society for Mentally Handicapped Children
- Sutton Coldfield Association of Disabled People
- Teddington and Hampton Wick Community Care Group
- Telford Community Council
- Thalidomide Trust
- Torquay Rehabilitation Centre for the Blind
- Transport 2000
- Transport and General Workers Union Retired Members Association (Cardiff Branch)
252 - Vectis Association for the Disabled
- Wales Council for the Blind
- Wales Council for the Disabled
- Wandsworth Disablement Association
- Warrington Committee for the Disabled
- Warrington Community Council
- Warrington and Widnes Society for the Blind
- Warwick District Branch of the National Federation of the Blind
- Welsh Association of District Councils
- Welsh Counties Committee
- West Sussex Association for the Disabled
- Wheels Club (Military Hospital)
- Wigan, Leigh and District Society for the Blind
- Wigan Metro Access for Disabled Committee
- Winchester Group for the Disabled
- Working Association of Voluntary Service
- Women with Visible and Invisible Disabilities (WINVISIBLE)
- Worcester Access Group
In addition, there were 77 responses from individual local authorities and 409 from individuals.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to abolish the two-hour limit which currently applies to the orange badge scheme outside scotland; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThis is one of a very wide range of suggestions and contributions we have received in response to our discussion paper. They are being examined.