§ Lord Morris of Manchesterasked Her Majesty's Government: What assistance they have given towards achieving a United Nations convention on the rights of disabled people as recommended in Rehabilitation International's Charter for the New Millennium. [HL38]
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department for Work and Pensions (Baroness Hollis of Heigham)The Government fully supported the principle of a convention on disability and worked hard to ensure that a working group was set up to draft a text. Officials established a consultative forum comprising key UK disability organisations which has met three times. The Government also included and funded a representative from this forum in the UK delegation at the second meeting of the ad hoc committee.
In October, the Department for Worķ and Pensions and Foreign and Commonwealth Office officials held a seminar for UK national disability organisations to provide feedback on progress at this committee and to consult on the way forward.