SHAW TRUST'S BREAK THE CHAINS CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 271, tabled 1 December 2004 by Paul Holmes (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 39 members.

That this House notes with concern that less than half of disabled people of working age are in work and that disabled people are more tha twice as likely as non-disabled people to have no qualifications; supports the Shaw Trust's Break the Chains campaign; believes that it is right to provide opportunities and support for disabled people to move from welfare to work through programmes such as the New Deal for Disabled People and Workstep; and calls on the Government to reinvest benefit savings to expand these programmes so that increasing numbers of disabled people can be supported into work.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 24, Labour 7, Labour/Co-operative 3, Plaid Cymru 2, UUP 2, DUP 1.