Motion
- Motion title
- The war on disabled people
- Session
- 2023-2024
- Meeting link
- Annual Congress
- Meeting date
- 31 May 2024
- Status
- Remitted (not taken)
- Motion
- 49
- Motion text
Congress is shocked, dismayed and angered by the decision of Rishi Sunak to declare War on Disabled People. Rishi Sunak and his Government has:
1. Insulted disabled people in the UK at the UN by not sending a Government minister to respond to the UNCRPD Committee report on 18th March
2. vowed to take benefits away from people suffering from anxiety and depression and target Personal Independence Payments if they win the next election
3. committed itself to removing responsibility for issuing sick notes from GPs and handing it to bureaucrats which could have a hugely detrimental impact on disabled people
Congress reaffirms its commitment to the Social Model of Disability
Congress calls on the next Government to:
a. Enshrine the UNCRDP into UK law as one of its first acts
b. Reform the benefit system so that it is not based on ableist assumptions but reflects the principles of the social model of disability
- Proposing body
- Disabled members' standing committee (DMSC)
- Amended
- No
- Allocated to
- Equality committee
- Notes
Administrative info
- Listing reference
- 2024/C/05-31/065/49