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Motion · S6M-03735 · 22 Mar 2022

Report into Improving Disabled Political Representation and Participation Across the UK

Lodged by Jeremy Balfour Standard Motion 32 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament commends the recent report published by the Disability Policy Centre, Breaking Down Barriers: Improving Disabled Political Representation & Participation across the United Kingdom; notes that this is a cross-party report looking at under-representation of disabled people in political life; is concerned that the report states that 72% of disabled people currently engaged in politics do not feel comfortable declaring their disability for fear of discrimination, and considers that there is a long way to go to break down the barriers facing disabled people entering politics and to increase the representation of disabled people at all levels of public and political life.

Supporters (32)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.