That the Parliament welcomes the announcement that Aberdeen International Airport has become a stoma-friendly airport; understands that Aberdeen International Airport has worked with Colostomy UK to make all its accessible toilets and baby changing rooms stoma friendly, helping people living with a stoma to travel with greater confidence; notes that nine facilities within the airport have been made stoma friendly, with each now containing a shelf, a bin, a full-length mirror and two hooks; understands that Colostomy UK’s Stoma Friendly Toilets guidance asks venues to provide simple, practical features that allow people to change or empty their stoma bag safely, hygienically and with dignity; believes that these improvements not only support Colostomy UK’s wider Stoma Friendly Toilets campaign, which works with businesses, public bodies and venues to improve toilet facilities for people living with a stoma, but also forms part of Aberdeen International Airport’s wider commitment to accessibility and inclusive travel; commends everyone involved in bringing these facilities to fruition and hopes this will provide travellers with confidence that facilities are available to them that will help them manage their condition with greater privacy and dignity.
Supported by: James Adams, Heather Anderson, Colin Beattie, Dawn Black, Miles Briggs, Patricia Gibson, Amanda Lindsay, Paul Sweeney, David Torrance