Written Question·Department for Work and Pensions·UIN 9581

Disability: Human Rights

Tabled: 16 October 2024
Answered: 21 October 2024

Question

Richard Foord

Liberal DemocratHoniton and Sidmouth

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with the reference to the UN Inquiry into the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the UK, published in October 2016, what steps she is taking to help protect the human rights of disabled people.

Answer

Sir Stephen Timms
This government is committed to boosting opportunity and protecting the rights of disabled people. We will work closely with disabled people and their representative organisations to ensure that their needs and voices are at the heart of everything we do....

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