§ 36. Mr. AshleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security what representations he has received from disablement organisations about disability benefits.
§ Mr. ScottWe have received comments on the OPC'S surveys of disability and our proposals in "The Way Ahead: Benefits for Disabled People" (Cm. 917) from 70 organisations of and for disabled people and from a large number of individual people with disabilities. The Social Security Advisory Committee have also written to my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State welcoming our proposals as a significant improvement to the system of benefits for disabled people. We shall continue to take into account the views of interested organisations and individuals in the course of further work on our proposals for change, in particular in our detailed work on the new disability allowance and the disability employment credit.