Guide Dogs App
- Submitted by: Joe FitzPatrick, Dundee City West, Scottish National Party.
- Date lodged: Wednesday, 24 August 2022
- Motion reference: S6M-05718
That the Parliament welcomes a new app launched by The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association, which, it understands, makes it easy for guide dog owners to report access refusals, get support, or educate businesses on access rights; notes with concern that 76% of guide dog owners have been refused access to a business or service; understands that 49% of guide dogs owners said that they have changed or restricted their plans because they were worried about being challenged or refused access to a business or service; further understands that The Guide Dogs for the Blind Association is working with businesses to encourage them to support the campaign and demonstrate their support by using window stickers, and calls on all businesses and services to be aware of their responsibilities under The Equality Act 2010.
Supported by:
Karen Adam, Clare Adamson, Jeremy Balfour, Colin Beattie, Miles Briggs, Siobhian Brown, Alexander Burnett, Stephanie Callaghan, Maggie Chapman, Foysol Choudhury, Katy Clark, Graeme Dey, Jackie Dunbar, Pam Duncan-Glancy, Annabelle Ewing, Kenneth Gibson, Pam Gosal, Emma Harper, Bill Kidd, Monica Lennon, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Gillian Martin, John Mason, Stuart McMillan, Marie McNair, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance, Mercedes Villalba, Sue Webber, Annie Wells, Tess White