EDM: Impact of the Work Capability Assessment on disabled people

Impact of the Work Capability Assessment on disabled people

Tabled by John McDonnell (Labour) 19 signatures

The motion

That this House notes the shocking evidence published by John Pring in his recent book of the harm, too often leading to fatalities, inflicted on disabled people by the Department of Work and Pensions since the introduction of the Work Capability Assessment; and calls on the Government to establish an independent public inquiry into the role played by Ministers, civil servants and advisers and their culpability for the suffering identified in this research.

Signatories (19)