Disability minister silent over UN rights evidence no-show | Disability News Service
Tom Pursglove: we can see where his loyalties lie, judging by this infographic from 2016.
Life beyond Israel/Gaza: here in the UK, the ongoing – and long-running – scandal of government mistreatment of sick and disabled people took a new turn, as described here:
The minister for disabled people has refused three times to explain why his government failed to give evidence to the United Nations on its disability rights record, weeks after his party’s disability group expressed concern at the decision.
The Conservative Disability Group (CDG) chair, Barry Ginley, wrote to Tom Pursglove, the minister for disabled people, to raise concerns over reports that the government had refused to attend a meeting of the UN committee on the rights of persons with disabilities in Geneva.
The meeting was being held to examine the government’s progress since being found guilty of grave and systematic violations of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
Asked by DNS about the decision not to attend the Geneva meeting, Pursglove dismissed Ginley’s concerns.
He claimed the government had a “very ambitious programme of work that responds in a very thorough way to many of the challenges that people have highlighted”.
He then mentioned his draft Disability Action Plan – criticised for its lack of action and dismissed as a “PR exercise” – the National Disability Strategy, which was previously on hold for two years after its legality was challenged through the courts, and a planned review of the much-criticised Disability Confident employment scheme.
But when asked by DNS why the government did not attend the meeting in August, he said: “I’m not going to say any more to that which I’ve already said. I’ve set out the position.”
Asked again, he said the government “continues to act in good faith”.
And asked a third time why the government did not attend in August, he declined to say anything further.
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Fascist tories don’t recognise UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and neither do they recognise any human rights! So fascist tories will continue to commit systemic crimes and claim ‘we are working for the people and we are being fair and compassionate!’ Haha sure fair and compassionate to their wealthy fascist tory donors and the multinational corporate companies who all benefit from these fascist tory dictators!
How dare Tom Pursgrove be expected to answer questions – doesn’t the committee know they are dealing with a fascist tory puppet who is enacting his fascist tory masters’ orders. And by the way was given a £30 a week pay rise for doing what??? Refusing to enact his job requirements given he is Disability Minister – or should that be fake minister?
It’s concerning to see the UK’s Disability Minister remaining silent regarding the government’s failure to provide evidence to the UN on disability rights. Transparency and accountability are essential, especially after grave violations were identified.