Loose Women's Sophie Morgan launches campaign with SNP MP Marion Fellows
22.02.2023 - 17:21
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Sophie Morgan has joined forces with SNP MP Marion Fellows for a campaign to allow the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) the powers to fine airlines unable to adequately look after Disabled passengers and their equipment.
The disability activist, from East Sussex, launched the ‘RightsOnFlights’ campaign today (Wednesday) after being left on an empty plane for hours just to have her wheelchair returned broken. SNP MP for Motherwell and Wishaw Marion has written a letter to the UK Government, where she claims high profile cases, like Sophie’s, are the ‘tip of the iceberg’.
She writes that disabled passengers regularly suffer degrading substandard treatment at the hands of airlines and other actors and wants to put an end to it altogether. Announcing the joint campaign on Loose Women today, Sophie detailed what their short-term and long-term goals are as they work together to ensure people with disabilities can fly safely without falling victim to inferior standards.
The author and campaigner said of Marion: "A number of her constituents have disabilities and she's a spokesperson for Disabilties for the SNP and she said 'I want you to come in and talk about accessible air travel campaign'. I was straight in there as quickly as I could."
The Loose Women host continued: "I had a meeting with her and we both agreed that the time was right for her to work her magic behind the scenes and for me to try and help with the campaign. So today we are launching the Rights On Flights campaign.
"I'm really excited about this because the last time I sat here I said 'I don't want to be sitting here complaining anymore I really want to be doing something about this'. So Marion, her team, and I and a number of experts have been working on what
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