UN CONVENTION ON THE RIGHTS OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

That this House welcomes the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities which will benefit 11 million disabled Britons; urges hon. Members to read the Inter-Parliamentary Union's handbook for parliamentarians on the Convention; further welcomes the Government's commitment to ratify the Convention before the end of 2008 and urges it to ratify in line with the full purpose of the Convention; and recognises the importance of the full Convention to facilitate and positively affect the drafting and interpretation of domestic legislation to enable the Government to uphold its commitment to disabled people's human rights and dignity, with the aim of ending inequality between disabled and non-disabled people by 2025.