§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Lord President of the Council (1) what plans he has for the improvement of disabled access in the House;
(2) when a review of disabled access in the House was last made.
§ Mr. MacGregorThe all-party disablement group carried out a review and submitted proposals to the Accommodation and Administration Sub-Committee in May 1981 to improve access for disabled people. As I stated in my reply of 21 January to the hon. and learned Member for Leicester, West (Mr. Janner), the Parliamentary Works Officer is carrying out feasibility studies into a number of further proposals that were received in December 1990 from the right hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, South (Mr. Ashley), chairman of the all-party disablement group. Once they have been completed, the results of these studies will be forwarded to the Accommodation and Administration Sub-Committee for its consideration.