PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

Early day motion 746, tabled 30 November 2016 by Jim Shannon (DUP). Signed by 37 members.

That this House welcomes Sightsavers' Put Us in the Picture campaign; recognises that there are more than 1 billion people with disabilities worldwide, that one in seven people have a disability, and that 80 per cent of people with disabilities live in developing countries; acknowledges, that unless actively included from the start, people with disabilities can remain hidden or excluded from development policies and programmes; and encourages the Government to continue to mainstream disability inclusion in its work through the Department for International Development's Disability Framework and maintain a global leadership role in supporting, working with, and including people with disabilities in developing countries as it seeks to meet the commitment to leave no-one behind as agreed in the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 15, Labour 6, DUP 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 2, Independent 2, Liberal Democrat 2, UUP 2, Plaid Cymru 1.