Submitted on Monday 16th April 2018
Rejected on Monday 23rd April 2018
Current status: Rejected
Rejection code: no-action (see below for details)
Assign an MP to a Secretary For Disabilities role
There are roughly 13.9 million disabled people in the UK.
Despite this huge number, we do not have our own appointed Member of Parliament to speak for our portion of the UK's population.
One must be assigned so that our needs are adequately represented during relevant parliamentary debates.
During debates concerning disability benefits, to discussions related to the humans rights of UK citizens, the voice of disabled people is rarely ever recognised or heard.
With our own appointed figure in the House of Commons, our needs could be understood and channelled through an MP who is solely concerned with the issues faced by the millions of disabled people living in the UK today.
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The Government e-Petitions Team gave the following reason:
We're not sure exactly what you'd like the Government or Parliament to do.
At the moment, all MPs represent a geographical area, called a constituency. We're not sure whether you'd like there to be an MP for disabled people, elected by disabled people and not by people in a specific area.
There is already a Government Minister for Disabled People. You can find out more here:
www.gov.uk/government/ministers/minister-of-state--48
There's also a Shadow Minister (from the Official Opposition) for Disabled People:
www.parliament.uk/biographies/commons/marsha-de-cordova/4676
There's also an All Party Parliamentary Group (an informal group of MPs and Members of the House of Lords) on Disability. You can find out more here:
www.disabilityrightsuk.org/policy-campaigns/all-party-parliamentary-disability-group-appdg
You could start a new petition explaining clearly what you would like the Government or Parliament to do.
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