DISABILITY BILL

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That this House notes that 2003 is the European Year of Disabled People; further notes the pledge given in January of this year by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to publish a draft Disability Bill; and believes that the inclusion of such a bill in the Government's next legislative programme, thereby fulfilling its 2001 manifesto commitment to implement the 1999 recommendations of its Disability Rights Taskforce, would be a fitting way of marking the European Year and delivering comprehensive protection from unfair discrimination for Britain's 8.5 million disabled people.