Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether a comprehensive consultation process (a) has or (b) will take place with disabled people and their representative groups, as required under Article 4.3 the UN Convention on Rights of Disabled People (UNCRDP), before any change in the status of the UNCRPD in UK law.

The UK Government ratified the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in 2009 and remains committed to the Convention and to the progressive realisation of the rights for disabled people that it sets out. The UK will remain a signatory to the UNCRPD.

The UK is committed to engaging with disabled people and their organisations. We have clear consultation guidelines that set out how Government should consider, in full, the impact of all proposals and ensure access to consultations.