Disability discrimination
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on disability discrimination. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03.04.2013 | Disability discrimination: access to goods, services and facilities under the Equality Act 2010 |
| An overview of the duties owed by providers of goods, services and facilities to ensure that they do not discriminate against disabled people in accessing these goods, facilities and services. | |
| 27.03.2013 | Housing Benefit: Size Criteria and Discretionary Housing Payments |
| This note explains issues around the application of the size criteria in regard to Housing Benefit applications in the private rented sector. | |
| 21.03.2013 | The Public Sector Equality Duty and Equality Impact Assessments |
| This note provides an overview of the public sector equality duty, contained in section 149 of the Equality Act 2010, and Equality Impact Assessments. | |
| 19.02.2013 | Disabled facilities grants (DFGs) |
| Disabled facilities grants (DFGs). By Wendy Wilson. SN/SP/3011. This note provides an overview of entitlement to disabled facilities grants and the process by which they are funded. | |
| 23.10.2012 | Transport: access for disabled people |
| This note outlines the legislative requirements for transport providers to make their services and infrastructure accessible to disabled people. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.11.2005 | Equality Bill (HL) (Bill 85 2005-06) |
| Equality Bill (HL) (Bill 85 of 2005-06). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/77 | |
| 24.03.2005 | Equality Bill (Bill 72 of 2004/05) |
| The Equality Bill (Bill 72 of 2004/05). House of Commons Library Research Paper 05/28. | |
| 16.03.2001 | Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL) (Bill 55 of 2000-01) |
| Special Educational Needs and Disability Bill (HL). (Bill 55 of 2000/01). House of Commons Library Research Paper 01/29. | |
| 20.04.1999 | Disability Rights Commission Bill (HL) (Bill 73 1998/99) |
| Disability Rights Commission Bill (HL) (Bill 73 1998/99). House of Commons Library Research Paper 99/43. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 31.03.2009 | UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities: |
| Human Rights Joint Select Committee report [Commons and Lords] | |
| 04.03.2009 | UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
| Government response. Department for Work and Pensions; Human Rights Joint Select Committee report [Commons and Lords] | |
| 16.12.2008 | The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. |
| Human Rights Joint Select Committee report [Commons and Lords] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 17.01.2012 | HEARING LOOP PROVISION |
| That this House expresses concern that a recent survey has found that only one in six public service providers has an acceptable standard of hearing loop provision for the two million ... | |
| 10.01.2012 | UNIQUE KIDS |
| That this House notes that Unique Kids was established as a charity in 2009; further notes that it provides play and social activities for children with disabilities through an after ... | |
| 15.12.2011 | MASTERS DEGREE IN SIGN LANGUAGE |
| That this House congratulates Heriot-Watt University on becoming the first in Scotland to offer a full-time MA in British Sign Language (BSL); notes with concern that there are only ... | |
| 07.11.2011 | 30th ANNIVERSARY OF THE DISABLED PERSONS RAILCARD |
| That this House congratulates the Disabled Persons Railcard (DPRC) on achieving 30 years of continued growth and welcomes the encouragement the railcard has given to disabled people ... | |
| 31.10.2011 | DISABLED CHILDREN AND CHILDREN WITH COMPLEX HEALTH NEEDS |
| That this House notes the findings of the report produced by the campaign organisation Every Disabled Child Matters and the Children's Trust which calls for action to ensure that the ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 25.03.2013 | Accessing Public Transport |
| This POSTnote looks at the current barriers to and future opportunities for improving the accessibility of the public transport system. | |
| 25.10.2012 | Mental Health and the Workplace |
| This note summarises how the workplace affects mental health and vice versa. | |
| 22.05.2012 | POSTnote 411 ICT for Disabled People |
| Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) underpin many aspects of modern living, so for the 10 million disabled people in the UK access to ICT is an important factor in their quality of life. This POSTnote summarises the issues that disabled people face in using ICT and looks at progress towards achieving equivalent access to services for disabled and non-disabled users. |
