Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Rushanara Ali and Priti Patel

Monday 9th May 2016 Commons Chamber

[The Minister for Employment (Priti Patel)]

I wholeheartedly agree with my hon. Friend, who highlights not only the entrepreneurial spirit of those two young people but what we are doing in government through, for example, the new enterprise allowance, which has seen more than 80,000 businesses start up over the past five years.

[Rushanara Ali (Bethnal Green and Bow) (Lab)]

T2. Changes to the walking assessment have led to nearly 14,000 disabled people across the country losing access to their Motability vehicles. That has caused some of my constituents to lose their jobs and their independence. Why is the Secretary of State punishing disabled people in this way?