Parliamentary Briefings
The Disability Rights Commission's Parliamentary Team works to keep MPs and Peers informed of key civil rights issues for disabled people and to secure the legislative changes required to support disability equality. Here, you can download copies of our parliamentary briefings prepared for MPs and members of the House of Lords.
Parliamentary Briefing - Mental Health Bill, Second Reading, House of Commons - 16 April 2007
Parliamentary Briefing - Human Rights and Disability - 22 March 2007
Parliamentary Briefing - Disabled Children (Family Support) Bill Friday - 23 February 2007
The Leitch Review of Skills - Westminster Hall Debate - 8 February 2007
Parliamentary Briefing - Welfare Reform Bill Committee Stage: Moses Room
New Clause ?Service Users? ? to be inserted after Clause 1 (Attached as Appendix 1)
DRC Parliamentary Bulletin ? January 2007
Welfare Reform Bill, House of Lords, Second Reading Briefing, Monday 29 January 2007
Parliamentary Briefing, Education provision for children with special educational needs, Opposition Day Debate, House of Commons, January 29 2007
Parliamentary Briefing, The Life Chances of Disabled Children, Opposition Day Debate House of Commons, Jan 23 2007
DRC Parliamentary Briefing on Rail Franchising debate, 18 January 2007
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