§ Mr. Alan HowarthTo ask the Secretary of State for Employment what response he received from the National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities to his consultation on Government measures to tackle discrimination against disabled people with regard to(a) the remit of the new advisory body proposed in the consultation document, (b) additional functions which the new advisory body might undertake, over and above those proposed in the consultation document, (c) infrastructure and resources for the new advisory body and (d) exclusion of small firms from the new statutory requirements proposed in the consultation document; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the response of the National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities. [26084]
§ Miss WiddecombeThe Government have published a full analysis of the responses to the consultation exercise entitled "A Consultation on Government Measures to Tackle Discrimination Against Disabled People: An Analysis of the Responses", and a copy of this has been placed in the Library. Our general policy is not to publish particular responses to the consultation document.
729WThe National Advisory Council on Employment of People with Disabilities advised my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State. The council's advice was sought on the employment and training implications of the consultation proposals. NACEPD's advice is provided direct to Ministers or to officials, and its views are subsequently made known publicly through periodic reports on its activities. Such a report is not due yet, so I have arranged for a copy of NACEPD's response to the consultation document to be placed in the Library.