Debates between Mohammad Yasin and Tom Pursglove during the 2019-2024 Parliament

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Mohammad Yasin and Tom Pursglove
Wednesday 30th November 2022

(2 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Mohammad Yasin Portrait Mohammad Yasin (Bedford) (Lab)
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1. What recent progress the Government have made on implementing the national disability strategy.

Tom Pursglove Portrait The Minister for Disabled People, Health and Work (Tom Pursglove)
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In January 2022, the High Court declared the national disability strategy unlawful. We have been granted permission to appeal this declaration, but to ensure compliance with the Court’s declaration we are obliged to pause a number of the policies referred to in the strategy or are directly connected with it.

Mohammad Yasin Portrait Mohammad Yasin
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Research from Scope shows that life costs more for people who are disabled, and 91% of those surveyed are worried about energy bills this winter. As this weekend marks the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities, would the Minister work with his cross-departmental colleagues to revise the eligibility criteria for the warm home discount to reinstate eligibility for the 300,000 disabled welfare claimants?

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove
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I am very grateful to the hon. Member for his question. It is fair to say that this is a Government who have consistently been supporting people during the significant cost of living challenges that they face. Of course, we have the energy price guarantee, which is a significant part of that package, but I am sure that Ministers in Departments across Government would be very happy to engage with him on the particular point he raises about the warm home discount.