§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy to adopt a social model of disability in framing all future and amending previous relevant legislation and guidance; and if he will make a statement. [1684]
§ Mr. StrawMy Department will be contributing to the consultations, including discussions about the definition of disability, referred to by my hon. Friend the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Education and Employment in his reply of 4 June,Official Report, column 190. It would not be appropriate to pre-judge the outcome of that work.