PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Loneliness Awareness Week and the digital divide faced by people with a learning disability (13 June 2021)

That this House recognises Loneliness Awareness Week, running from 14 to 18 June; commends the charity Hft’s recent Sector Pulse Check 2020 research that highlights the digital barriers which made it difficult for people who have a learning disability to remain in touch with others during the covid-19 outbreak; encourages the Government to take steps to close the digital divide to ensure people who have a learning disability have the opportunity to make and maintain friendships through digital means; and urges the Government to set out explicit actions it will take in response to those digital barriers as part of its Loneliness Strategy.

Sponsored by:
Sir Mark Hendrick (Labour)