Disability Action Plan

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 4:36 pm on 5 February 2024.

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Photo of Mark Pritchard Mark Pritchard Conservative, The Wrekin 4:36, 5 February 2024

I welcome the disability action plan. The Minister mentioned the cost of living; I wondered what more could be done to speed up the transition to personal independence payments for those living on disability living allowance. One of my constituents has just waited over a year for that transition to take place.

I welcome the fact that access to playgrounds is in the action plan, but following on from the questions asked by my hon. Friend Justin Tomlinson and Jeremy Corbyn, what more can be done to ensure that these points are delivered, both at a local government level—perhaps by making it a statutory responsibility for local councils to provide at least a minimum level of disability access for some play areas and playgrounds—and at a national level? What cross-departmental committees or working is the Minister already involved with?