§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received from the Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled regarding the severely disabled who are unable to drive; if he will meet representatives from the Joint Committee; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. AlisonThe Joint Committee on Mobility for the Disabled has expressed its disappointment that the changes my right hon. Friend announced on 21st February did not help those disabled persons who are unable to drive, but it has accepted that this is one of the questions to be considered by Lady Sharp. No doubt the Joint Committee's evidence to Lady Sharp willinter alia address itself to this problem, and in these circumstances it would not be helpful for us to meet its representatives at this stage.—[Vol. 831, c. 213–5.]