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In our view people with vastly different needs and disabilities being forced into the same box as everybody else does not comply with The Equality Act and means the people there to help them, could actually be disadvantaging them. We therefore call on employers to be mandated to offer specialised assessments for disabled people.","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":35,"closing_date":"2027-04-28","created_at":"2026-10-04T23:02:49.302Z","updated_at":"2026-10-29T13:15:10.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-10-28T16:32:54.072Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-10-07T19:20:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Edward Anthony Boden","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DWP","name":"Department for Work and Pensions","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-work-pensions"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":35}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Bristol South","ons_code":"E14001135","mp":"Karin Smyth MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Central Suffolk and North Ipswich","ons_code":"E14001156","mp":"Patrick Spencer MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Christchurch","ons_code":"E14001171","mp":"Sir Christopher Chope MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Croydon West","ons_code":"E14001188","mp":"Sarah Jones MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Derby South","ons_code":"E14001194","mp":"Baggy Shanker MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Dorking and Horley","ons_code":"E14001201","mp":"Chris Coghlan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Eltham and Chislehurst","ons_code":"E14001223","mp":"Clive Efford MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gillingham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001246","mp":"Naushabah Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hazel Grove","ons_code":"E14001277","mp":"Lisa Smart MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Henley and Thame","ons_code":"E14001280","mp":"Freddie van Mierlo MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Huntingdon","ons_code":"E14001298","mp":"Ben Obese-Jecty MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ilford South","ons_code":"E14001301","mp":"Jas Athwal MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Leigh and Atherton","ons_code":"E14001329","mp":"Jo Platt MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Manchester Withington","ons_code":"E14001354","mp":"Jeff Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor","ons_code":"E14001382","mp":"Alan Strickland MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North Bedfordshire","ons_code":"E14001384","mp":"Richard Fuller MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Nottingham North and Kimberley","ons_code":"E14001411","mp":"Rt Hon Alex Norris MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Ribble Valley","ons_code":"E14001443","mp":"Maya Ellis MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Salford","ons_code":"E14001459","mp":"Rebecca Long Bailey MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Sheffield Central","ons_code":"E14001467","mp":"Abtisam Mohamed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Shrewsbury","ons_code":"E14001473","mp":"Julia Buckley MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"St Albans","ons_code":"E14001507","mp":"Daisy Cooper MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stalybridge and Hyde","ons_code":"E14001515","mp":"Rt Hon Jonathan Reynolds MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Streatham and Croydon North","ons_code":"E14001527","mp":"Rt Hon Steve Reed MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Surrey Heath","ons_code":"E14001532","mp":"Dr Al Pinkerton MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Truro and Falmouth","ons_code":"E14001554","mp":"Jayne Kirkham MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Wythenshawe and Sale East","ons_code":"E14001602","mp":"Mike Kane MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"York Outer","ons_code":"E14001605","mp":"Mr Luke Charters MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Strangford","ons_code":"N05000016","mp":"Jim Shannon MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Airdrie and Shotts","ons_code":"S14000063","mp":"Kenneth Stevenson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber","ons_code":"S14000067","mp":"Brendan O'Hara MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Edinburgh South West","ons_code":"S14000081","mp":"Dr Scott Arthur MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West","ons_code":"B","signature_count":9},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":2},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":2},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":1},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":4},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":4},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":4},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":4},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":3},{"name":"Northern Ireland","ons_code":"N","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}