Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 22
22
Deferred
In the light of starkly disproportionate and tragic data on death rates from coronavirus of...
Recommendation
In the light of starkly disproportionate and tragic data on death rates from coronavirus of disabled people, including shocking figures for deaths of people, including young people, with learning disabilities, there must be a discrete independent inquiry into the causes. It must be a wide-ranging inquiry, including consideration of the role of the Government’s and public authorities’ policies and decisions in adverse outcomes for disabled people. The independent inquiry must be established as soon as we have gained control of the pandemic, which we all hope will be in the first half of 2021. (Paragraph 134) Unequal impact? Coronavirus, disability and access to services: full Report 47
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The government defers a decision on establishing an independent inquiry into disproportionate coronavirus death rates among disabled people, stating it will consider the matter after the pandemic is under control.
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Government Response
Deferred
HM Government · verbatim extract
Deferred
The Government has always been clear that there will be opportunities to look back, analyse and reflect on all aspects of COVID-19. For now, the Government is focused entirely on responding to the COVID-19 pandemic and saving lives. Accessible Communications
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