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Finance (No. 2) Bill

The right hon. Lady said that she wished to have evidence of representations having been made to the Treasury on the definition of disability. I refer her to a document I have in my hand, ““Response to Inland Revenue proposals: modernising the tax system for trusts”” by the Disability Alliance, which is one of the organisations that the Paymaster General recently cited as supporting her definition. It states:"““The proposals to restrict eligibility to those mentioned in paragraph 2 above—””" where it refers to the definition in question—"““appears to be far too restrictive and would exclude many disabled people who are currently defined under social security legislation. In this regard it would not appear to fit in with the government’s proposal of fairness.””" The Disability Alliance has expressed concern, and so have a number of other organisations, as set out in documents that I have in my possession.