Motion · S2M-02807 · 12 May 2005
Buy Your Own White Stick!
The motion
That the Parliament notes with concern the report by the Royal National Institute for the Blind, Buy Your Own White Stick!, published in March 2005, which reveals that many of the 38,000 people in Scotland registered with social work services as blind or partially-blind are being denied basic equipment and essential aids to enable independent and safe living in and out of the home; further notes that such provision is inconsistent across Scotland and is rationed, poorly co-ordinated and subsidised by the voluntary sector, and therefore calls on the Scottish Executive to support the report’s recommendations to ensure the free supply of basic equipment which will reduce the risk of injury and enhance independent living for blind and partially-sighted people wherever they live in Scotland.
Supporters (32)
- Donald Gorrie 16 May 2005
- Christine Grahame 16 May 2005
- Brian Adam 17 May 2005
- Mark Ballard 17 May 2005
- Robert Brown 17 May 2005
- Bruce Crawford 17 May 2005
- Roseanna Cunningham 17 May 2005
- Frances Curran 17 May 2005
- Rob Gibson 17 May 2005
- Robin Harper 17 May 2005
- Patrick Harvie Scottish Green Party 17 May 2005
- Carolyn Leckie 17 May 2005
- Richard Lochhead 17 May 2005
- Campbell Martin 17 May 2005
- Alex Neil 17 May 2005
- Nora Radcliffe 17 May 2005
- Shona Robison 17 May 2005
- Mark Ruskell Scottish Green Party 17 May 2005
- Eleanor Scott 17 May 2005
- Tommy Sheridan 17 May 2005
- Stewart Stevenson 17 May 2005
- John Swinney Scottish National Party 17 May 2005
- Sandra White 17 May 2005
- Ms Rosemary Byrne 18 May 2005
- Mrs Margaret Ewing 18 May 2005
- Shiona Baird 20 May 2005
- Chris Ballance 20 May 2005
- Mr Bruce McFee 20 May 2005
- Bill Aitken 26 May 2005
- Linda Fabiani 31 May 2005
- Mr Brian Monteith 31 May 2005
- Dr Jean Turner 15 Jun 2005
Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.