I congratulate my right hon. Friend on his very encouraging and positive statement. Does he agree that all those on incapacity benefit have a civil right to work, just as anybody else does? Does he also agree that the state’s role should be to remove any barriers that are preventing those people from taking up employment and escaping from poverty? We still have a major problem in this country because too many employers discriminate against disabled people. Will my right hon. Friend tell us what the Government are going to do, collectively, on that issue?
Welfare Reform Green Paper
Proceeding contribution from
Terry Rooney
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 24 January 2006.
It occurred during Ministerial statement on Welfare Reform Green Paper.
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