Oral Question·Women and Equalities
“What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that disabled people receive appropriate reasonable adjustments to allow them to access public services.”
Tabled: 4 November 2026Answered: 11 November 2026
Asked by
Jim Shannon
Democratic Unionist Party — Strangford
Answering Minister
the Minister for Women and Equalities
Answer from Hansard
John Healey
The hon. Gentleman has put his finger on a long-standing, deep-running weakness, namely a procurement policy under the last Government that did not recognise the UK steel industry as a strategic industry and was content for the amount of UK steel sourced for some new ships to be in the single figures. [Interruption.] Under previous procurement Ministers, the proportion was 4%. We will change that: the SDR will set out a plan to not just boost UK security, but strengthen the UK economy.