Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether she is taking steps to progress the incorporation of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in Government policy.

We are fully committed to the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which we ratified in 2009.

The UK as a general principle does not incorporate international treaties into domestic law. However, the rights of disabled people under this Convention are largely reflected and given effect in existing domestic policies and legislation, including the Equality Act 2010 in England, Scotland and Wales, and the Disability Discrimination Act 1995 in Northern Ireland.