§ Mr. WigleyTo ask the Secretary of State for the Environment if he will list all the initiatives taken by the Government to improve access for people with disabilities in both new and existing buildings of all types and in the built environment generally since the passage of the Disabled Persons Act 1981; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. YeoThe Government have an impressive record over recent years on the promotion of initiatives aimed at improving the accessibility for people with disabilities of buildings and the built environment. As well as initiatives prompted directly by Government Ministers they include initiatives which Government Departments have promoted in co-operation with a range of statutory and voluntary agencies and organisations, both national and local. I shall be placing in the Library a list of initiatives with which my Department and other Government Departments have been directly concerned.