DISABLED CHILDREN

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That this House believes that the additional needs of the country's 770,000 disabled children must be taken properly into account in the provision of children's services; notes that over half of disabled children's families live in poverty; congratulates Contact a Family, Mencap, the Council for Disabled Children and the Special Education Consortium for their work on raising the profile of disabled children and their families; further notes that a ten-minute rule Bill, the Disabled Children's Assessment and Services Bill, would give disabled children the right to a local authority assessment and to receive services, including short breaks; and calls on the Government to bring in the provisions of the Bill at the earliest opportunity.