Association of Optometrists


About the AOP

Parliamentary Questions

Parliamentary Session 2006-07

October 2007

Roger Berry (Lab, Kingswood) Hearing Aid Council

Laurence Robertson (Con, Tewkesbury) Eyes: Medical Treatments

Timothy Boswell (Con, Daventry) Hearing Aids: Waiting Lists

Anne Milton (Con, Guildford) Hearing Impaired: Health Services

Stephen Byers (Lab, North Tyneside) Macular Degeneration

Dr Ian Gibson, (Lab, Norwich North) Metropolitan Police: Eyesight

Graham Brady (Con, Altrincham and Sale West) Macular Degeneration: Rheopheresis

David Simpson (DUP, Upper Bann) Ophalmic Service: Expenditure

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench) Health: Audiology

Richard Spring (Con, West Suffolk) Eyesight: Testing

Parliamentary Session 2007-08

November 2007

Adam Holloway (Con, Gravesham) Hearing Aids Assessment

Barry Sheerman (Lab, Huddersfield) Eyesight Testing

December 2007

Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem, Romsey) Eye Care Steering Group

Laurence Robertson (Con, Tewkesbury) Macular Degeneration

Jamie Reed (Lab, Copeland) Eyesight Testing

Baroness Tonge (Lib Dem) Health: Audiology

Laurence Robertson (Con, Tewkesbury) Lucentis

Brian Jenkins (Lab, Tamworth) Accidents: Eyesight

Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem, Romsey) Eye Care Services Steering Group

January 2008

Nick Gibb (Con, Bognor Regis & Littlhampton) Pupils: Sight Impaired

Mike Hancock (Lib Dem, Portsmouth South) Disability Living Allowance: Sight Imapired

Baroness Howe of Idlicote (Crossbench) Health: Audiology

Sarah Teather (Lib Dem, Brent East) Eyesight: Testing

Anne McIntosh (Con, Vale of York) Macular Degeneration: North Yorkshire

Andrew Dismore (Lab, Hendon) Edgware: Hospital Ophthalmology

Andrew Dismore (Lab, Hendon) Eyesight: Testing

Lynne Featherstone (Lib Dem, Hornsby & Wood Green) Diabetes: Greater London

Andrw Dismore (Lab, Hendon) Barnet Primary Care Trust: Hearing Aids

John MacDougall (Lab, Glenrothes) Macgen

Norman Lamb (Lib Dem, North Norfolk) Hearing Aids: Digital Technology

Andrew Dismore (Lab, Hendon) Macular Degeneration

Kerry McCarthy (Lab, Bristol East) Disability Living Allowance: Partially Sighted

February 2008

Sarah Teather (Lib Dem, Brent East) Hearing Aids: Greater London

Peter Bone (Con, Wellingborough) Macular Degeneration

Andrew Murrison (Con, Westbury) Corneal Ulcers

Andrew Lansley (Con, South Cambridgeshire) Diabetes: Screening

Anne Milton (Con, Guildford) Hearing Impaired: Health Services

Bob Spink (Con, Castle Point) Hearing Impaired: Standards

March 2008

Clive Betts (Lab, Sheffield Attercliffe) Hearing Impaired: Standards

Jim Cunningham (Lab, Coventry South) NHS: Hearing Impaired

Anne Milton (Con, Guildford) Hearing Impaired: Standards

Mike Hancock (Lib Dem, Portsmouth South) Macular Degenration: Smoking

Brian Iddon (Lab, Bolton South East) Employment: Sight Impaired

April 2008

Anne Milton (Con, Guildford) Eyesight: Testing

Judy Mallaber (Lab, Amber Valley) Sight Impaired: Research

Philip Dunn (Con, Guildford) Eyesight: Testing

May 2008

Anne Milton (Con, Guildford) Eyesight: Testing

Stewart Jackson (Con, Peterborough) Diabetes: Peterborough

June 2008

Norman Lamb (Lib Dem, North Norfolk) Sight Tests: Charges

September 2008

Brian Donohoe (Labour, Central Ayrshire) Cataracts: Waiting Lists

Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem, Romsey) Departmental Official Visits: Opticians

John Baron (Con, Billericay and District) Eyesight: Voucher Schemes

Jon Trickett (Lab, Hemsworth) Sight Impaired: Disability Living Allowance

Jon Trickett (Lab, Hemsworth) Public Transport Access: Macular Degeneration

October 2008

Maria Miller (Con, Basingstoke) Exams: Special Educational Needs

Alun Michael (Lab, Cardiff South and Penarth) Television Access: Visually Impaired

Maria Miller (Con, Basingstoke) Students: Disabled (Visual & Hearing Impairments)

Mark Oaten (Lib Dem, Winchester & the Meon Valley) Bank Notes: Visually Impaired

Andrew Lansley (Con, Cambridgeshire South) Prescriptions: Fees and Charges - Long term conditions

Maria Miller (Con, Basingstoke) GCSE: Special Educational Needs - Visual & Hearing Impairment

November 2008

Bob Spink (Con, Castle Point) - Driving Licensing: Fitness to drive/eyesight

Lord Harrison (Lab) - Diabetic Retinopathy Screening

Parliamentary Session 2008-09

December 2008

David Evennett (Con, Bexleyheath & Crayford) - Opthalmology: Bexley

David Burrows MP (Con, Enfield, Southgate) - Vocational Training: Sight Impaired

Jenny Willot (Lib Dem, Cardiff Central) - Sight Impaired: Elderly

Jenny Willot (Lib Dem, Cardiff Central) - Disability Living Allowance: Sight Impaired

David Simpson (DUP, Upper Bann) - Opthalmic Services: Expenditure

January 2009

Tom Levitt (Lab, High Peak) - Sight Impaired

Jenny Willot (Lib Dem, Cardiff Central) - Winter Fuel Payments: Sight Impaired

Febuary 2009

Mark Harper (Con, Forest of Dean) - Disability Living Allowance

March 2009

Tom Levitt (Lab, High Peak) - Sight Impaired

Sandra Gidley (Lib Dem, Romsey) - Sight Impaired: Children

Bob Spink (Con, Castle Point) - Gluacoma: Essex

April 2009

Doug Naysmith (Lab, Bristol NW) - Dementia: Sight Impaired

June 2009

Anne Milton (Con, Guildford) - Hearing Impaired: Sight Impaired

Susan Kramer (LD, Richmond Park) - Eyesight: Testing

Tobias Ellwood (Con, Bournemouth East) - Roads: Accidents

Tobias Ellwood (Con, Bournemouth East) - Transport: Sight Impaired

July 2009

David Howarth (LD, Cambridge) - Hearing Impaired: Sight Impaired

Lord Tyler (LD) - Health: Glaucoma

Sandra Gidley (LD, Romsey) - Children: Sight Impaired

Hugh Bayley (Lab, City of York) - Eyesight: Testing

Mark Todd (Lab, South Derbyshire) - Special Educational Needs: Sight Impaired

October 2009

Richard Younger - Ross (LD, Teignbridge) - Business Questions: Wet Macular Degeneration

Lynn Featerstone (LD, Hornsey and Wood Green) - Publications: Sight Impaired

Parliamentary Session 2009-10

November 2009

Paul Rowen (LD, Rochdale) - Job Seeker's Allowance: Sight Impaired

Norman Lamb (LD, Norfolk) - Eye Tests and Dental Checks

Mark Hunter (LD, Cheadle) - Social Services: Sight Impaired

December 2009

David Simpson (DUP, Northern Ireland Assembly) - Health Professions: Manpower

January 2010

Lord Dykes (LD) - Health: Ophthalmology

Mark Hunter (LD, Cheadle) - Health Services: Sight Impaired

March 2010

Janet Dean (Lab, Burton) - Eyesight: Testing

David Crausby (Lab, Bolton North East) - Eyesight: Testing + Glaucoma: Bolton 

Parliamentary Session 2010-11

July 2010

John Leech (LD, Manchester Withington) - Driving: Eyesight 

Bob Russell (LD, Colchester) - PQ 356 tabled for written answer on 6th Sept 2010