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<p><strong> </strong></p><p>The Government is committed to the Convention on the Rights
of Persons with Disabilities, and to the progressive realisation of the rights for
disabled people that it sets out.</p><p> </p><p>We have provided our first report
to the UN Committee as requested. We published this report on 6 September 2018. This
report and accompanying ministerial letter setting out the UK's progress are available
on GOV.UK website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disabled-peoples-rights-information-following-the-uks-first-periodic-review"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/disabled-peoples-rights-information-following-the-uks-first-periodic-review</a></p><p>
</p><p>I tabled a Written Statement (HCWS938) on 6 September 2018, providing an update
on the UK’s follow-up response to the UN Committee on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities:
<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-06/HCWS938"
target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-09-06/HCWS938</a></p><p>
</p><p>We will be responding to the recommendations in the Concluding Observations
during our next periodic review, currently scheduled for 2023. In the meantime, we
will be preparing in due course, as recommended by the UN Committee, a progress update
on the 2016 inquiry recommendations.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
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