§ Mr. WrayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent meetings he has had with voluntary organisations that give assistance to disabled people to discuss improving services for the disabled. [68180]
§ Jacqui SmithI take the Department's Ministerial lead on disability and I have recently met with
487WLeonard Cheshire, a charity provider of services for disabled people, on 4 FebruaryThe Chartered Society of Physiotherapy on 11 FebruaryThe Voluntary Organisations Disability Group (VODG) on 21 MarchSENSE, a voluntary organisation working for deafblind people and their families, on 15 AprilAdditionally, my noble Friend, the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State met with EmPOWER on 18 June to discuss their wheelchair initiative and he also spoke at their conference on 22 April.
My right hon. Friend, the Secretary of State has met recently with Bert Massie, Chairman of the Disability Rights Commission, on 26 June. He also met with the British Lung Foundation and the British Thoracic Society on 5 March to discuss respiratory disease, which includes severe disabling lung disease.