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This amendment simply asks that the Secretary of State sets out a clear programme and timeline to develop an action plan to close that gap. That is not a radical demand. It is surely a basic step towards accountability and change. We cannot go on publishing the same figures year after year, noting the disparity but doing so little about it. Disabled people have waited long enough. They deserve a labour market that works for them as well, not one that recognises their contributions last or least, which the figures would appear to show. This is not only a moral imperative; it is surely also an economic one. We are underusing talent, excluding people from progress and embedding inequality into the very structure of the workforce. That benefits no one.