Make public venues provide adequate seating in general areas

Rejected 20 signatures

What the petition asks

Make public venues provide adequate seating in general areas for those who are disabled or have mobility issues but to not require a wheelchair. Taking into example the O2 at Greenwich. This venue has no seating provided for those who have mobility issues between the car parking area and entrance.

We as a society are continually talking about inclusivity & yet venues and indeed parks etc have limited seating for those who are infirm or have mobility issues. Part III of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (DDA) gives disabled people a right of access to goods, facilities, services and premises. But with no adequate seating in general areas this is doing exactly that. Seating should be provided every 50 meters for those who have mobility issues.

Why it was rejected

It asked for something that is not the responsibility of the UK Government or Parliament.

We can only accept petitions about things the Government or Parliament are directly responsible for.

The Equality Act 2010 creates a legal duty for organisations providing goods, facilities or services to the public or a section of the public to consider making adjustments to remove barriers to disabled people, and if those adjustments are reasonable for that organisation to make, then it must make them.

Decisions about making adjustments, including providing additional seating at venues, are a matter for individual organisations, not the UK Government or Parliament.

You can find out more about reasonable adjustments for disabled people here: https://www.equalityhumanrights.com/en/multipage-guide/using-service-reasonable-adjustments-disabled-people

Timeline

23 Aug 2022	Petition opened for signatures
25 Aug 2022	Rejected by the Petitions Committee

Key facts

Signatures 20

Status Rejected

Rejected 25 Aug 2022

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