Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Sandra Gidley (Liberal Democrat), on Monday, 24 April 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 57 members in total.

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CANCERBACKUP'S AUDIO INFORMATION PROJECT

That this House notes that an estimated one million people who will be affected by cancer at some point in their lives have sight problems, dyslexia or a reading disability; congratulates cancer information charity Cancerbackup on the launch of the UK's first nationally available series of audio information for people affected by cancer; further notes that audio cancer information enables people with cancer and a print disability to have a degree of independence and privacy hitherto impossible; welcomes the fact that audio information is now available on many of the main cancers, key treatments and main supportive issues dealing with cancer; further notes that this project is funded by a Department of Health section 64 grant; and calls on the Government to ensure that fully accessible healthcare information is available throughout the UK.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2015 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Ian Gibson

Andrew Dismore

David Leslie Taylor

Mike Penning

Bob Russell

Subjects

Cancer Information Cancerbackup

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk