Here’s a quote about the first ever Minister for Disabled People. It sounds to me like he saw a great need for his role.
“Affected by his father’s experience, Morris [Alfred Morris, Baron Morris of Manchester] campaigned on behalf of the disabled; his father had suffered a long decline in health and eventual death arising from gassing during World War I.[2] After his father’s death, Morris’s mother was not entitled to a war widow’s pension.[3] Forty years later, Morris himself put the matter right by changing the law affecting armed forces pensions when he became Minister for the Disabled.
In 1970 he successfully introduced the Chronically Sick & Disabled Persons Act which was the first in the world to recognise and give rights to people with disabilities.[4] In 1974 he became the first Minister for the Disabled anywhere in the world.[3][5] In 1991 he introduced a Civil Rights (Disabled Persons) Bill and he has led campaigns on Gulf War Syndrome.[1]” (Wikipedia)”
Today, the position is filled by Maria Miller.
Diary of a Benefit Scrounger: Why do we have a Minister for Disabilities?
