Welfare Reform Bill

Part of Women and Equality – in the House of Commons at 4:32 pm on 27 January 2009.

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Photo of James Purnell James Purnell Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions 4:32, 27 January 2009

My hon. Friend is a fervent campaigner on employment retention. We believe that his goal is met by the existing legislation on disability, but we are working particularly on examining how we implement the equality Bill to see whether we can give him more reassurance. For example, we could point to examples of companies that have considered employment retention as part of their compliance with the Disability Discrimination Acts. We are happy to keep working with him on the matter.