Select Committee · Women and Equalities Committee

National Disability Strategy

Status: Closed Opened: 26 May 2022 Closed: 30 May 2024 21 recommendations 13 conclusions 7 reports

A Women and Equalities Committee inquiry to scrutinise the implementation and further development of the Government’s National Disability Strategy , which was published in July 2021. Accessibility of products and services to disabled people Read the full report (HTML) Read the EasyRead report on accessibility (PDF 1374KB) Read the large print report on accessibility(PDF 566KB) …

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Reports

7 reports

Recommendations & Conclusions

1 item
9 Recommendation Fourth Report - Accessibility of produc… Deferred

Review food packaging guidance to ensure minimum accessibility for essential information

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs should review its food packaging guidance in light of new technological approaches being developed and ensure a minimum accessibility requirement on food packaging’s essential nutrition, health and pricing information. (Paragraph 37) Accessibility of products and services to disabled people 17

Government response. The government acknowledges the challenge of small food labels for visually impaired people and states it is writing a guide with the Codex Alimentarius Commission on using technology for food information. It indicates further consideration is needed on the impact …
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Oral evidence sessions

5 sessions
Date Witnesses
5 Jul 2023 David Nuttall · Department of Health and Social Care, Jennifer Heigham · Department for Work and Pensions, Marcus Bell · Cabinet Office, Maria Caulfield MP · Government Equalities Office, Tom Pursglove MP · Department for Work and Pensions View ↗
17 May 2023 Angela Matthews · Business Disability Forum, Eric Harris · Research Institute for Disabled Consumers, Tammy Jones · Purple, Vivienne Francis · The Royal Institute of Blind People View ↗
26 Apr 2023 Ciara Lawrence · The Royal Mencap Society, George Appleton · Care England, Jackie O'Sullivan · The Royal Mencap Society, Jim Blair, Maya Stretton · National Autistic Society, Tim Nicholls · National Autistic Society View ↗
29 Mar 2023 Fazilet Hadi · Disability Rights UK, Fran Springfield · Chronic Illness Inclusion, Lord Shinkwin · The Centre for Social Justice Disability Commission, Martin McLean · National Deaf Children’s Society, Nil Guzelgun · MIND, Svetlana Kotova · Inclusion London View ↗
22 Feb 2023 Women and Equalities Committee View ↗

Correspondence

5 letters
DateDirectionTitle
24 Jan 2024 Correspondence from the Minister for Skills, Apprenticeships and Higher Educati…
6 Sep 2023 To cttee Letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for He…
18 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on the N…
18 Jul 2023 To cttee Letter from the Minister of State for Disabled People, Health and Work on the N…
19 Oct 2022 Correspondence from the then Secretary of State for Work and Pensions relating …