Have your say - Human Rights / Independent Living

The Joint Committee for Human Rights (a group of MPs tasked with ensuring people's human rights are not breached) has sent out a "Call For Evidence" concerning how government changes are going to affect disabled people - particularly:

The decision announced in the Comprehensive Spending Review to remove the mobility component of Disability Living Allowance for all people living in residential care

Changes to the Independent Living Fund

The "Big Society"

Restrictions on local authority funding, social care budgets and benefits reassessments

Increased focus on localisation and its potential impact on care provision, and, specifically, on portability of care and mobility for disabled people.

You can find more information about how to contribute at the bottom of the following webpage:
http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees/committees-a-z/joint-select/human-rights-committee/news/independent-living-inquiry-launch/

The Independent Living Fund (an organisation that, until a year ago, used to provide funding for disabled people to live independently) is one of the organisations affected by the spending cuts - they have already sent in a response. You can see what they have to say at: http://www.dwp.gov.uk/docs/ilf-dilnot-submission.pdf