Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Anna Turley (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Wednesday, 17 October 2018, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 66 members in total.

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INTERNATIONAL STAMMERING AWARENESS DAY

That this House welcomes International Stammering Awareness Day on 22 October 2018, which aims to raise awareness and increase understanding of stammering, a speech condition that affects around one in 20 young children and one in 100 adults; recognises individuals and groups of volunteers and professionals who do incredible work helping people who stammer; acknowledges that talking about stammering is one of the best ways to remove the stigma and misunderstanding surrounding the condition, and to improve the lives of those who have a stammer; commits to doing all it can to ensure that people with a stammer are able to have their voice heard in the democratic process; and further commits to ensuring that recruitment practices and employee support for all roles are inclusive of the needs of people who stammer.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1718 

Session

2017-19

Other sponsors

Lord Coaker

Lord Wilson of Sedgefield

Melanie Onn

Emma Hardy

Martin Whitfield

Subjects

Charities Health services Health education

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk