§ Mr. Harry BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will give details of the composition of the Disabled Persons Transport Committee and list the names and disablement links of its membership.
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§ Mr. Peter BottomleyThe Disabled Persons Transport Committee was set up under the Transport Act 1985 to advise the Sectary of State on matters relating to the needs of disabled people in connection with public passenger transport.
The chairman and members are appointed by the Secretary of State after consultation with relevant bodies. The Act specifies that, so far as is reasonably practicable, at least half of the membership of the committee should consist of people who are disabled.
- Current membership is as follows:
- Chairman: Sir Peter Baldwin KCB (Chairman, South East Thames Regional Health Authority)
- Mrs. Jill Allen-King MBE (Joint Committee on Mobility of Blind and Partially Sighted People)
- Keith Brown (Board member, London Regional Transport
- W. Buchanan (Adviser on Disability, British Railways Board)
- Lewis Carter-Jones (Vice Chairman, Access to the Skies Committee)
- Clive Davis (Royal National Institute for the Deaf)
- John Dobinson (Transport and Disability Consultant)
- James Elder-Woodward (Strathclyde Regional Council)
- Mrs. Claudia Flanders (OBE) (Transport and Disability Consultant)
- Lady Greengross (Age Concern)
- Graham Stevenson (Transport and General Workers Union)
- John Hannan MP (All Party Disablement Group)
- Joe Hennessy (OBE) (Disabled Drivers Association)
- Peter Large (CBE (Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled)
- Bob Ley (South Wales Transport, retired)
- Bert Massie OBE (Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation)
- Brian McGinnis (MENCAP)
- Trevor Meadows (National Advisory Unit for Community Transport)
- Leslie Stephenson (P & O European Ferries)
- Dr. Adrian Stokes OBE (Royal Association for Disability and Rehabilitation)
- Robert Taylor MBE (Birmingham International Airport)