Summary
There is a debate in the House of Commons about disability benefit cuts.
You should write to your MP and ask them to attend.
Write to your MP now to attend the Personal Independence Payment and disabled people debate in the House of Commons.
The debate is being held on 7th May between 2.30 to 4.30 pm in Westminster Hall, and was called by Diane Abbott MP.
You can use our template letter below.
Template letter
Dear [MP],
I am writing to you to ask you to attend the Personal Independence Payment and disabled people debate in the House of Commons on the 7th May at 2:30 pm. The proposed changes could have a devastating impact on disabled people without any consultation with us.
The upcoming cuts to Personal Independence Payment could result in 800,000 disabled people losing access to funds they need to meet their access requirements. Personal Independence Payments is a non-means tested benefit which provides disabled people the financial means to meet their disability-related expenses, including equipment, services and other essential forms of support. Personal Independence Payment is also a qualifying benefit for many other services, including blue badges and travel cards.
These changes are not being consulted on by the public, and disabled people’s organisations have publicly stated that they were inadequately consulted by the Government. Overall, this is an attempt to pass a proposal which could cause 800,000 people to lose access to vital support, that is part of a package of cuts which could push 350,000 people, including 50,000 children, into poverty without any proper scrutiny or input from the people it will affect.
We ask that you please attend this debate and raise our concerns that huge changes to PIP have been proposed without any consultation or engagement with the disabled people who will be affected.
Kind regards,
[Your Name]
[Your Address and/or Postcode]
Take part in a survey
This survey is to gather evidence on how disabled people use Personal Independence Payments (PIP) and how losing access to PIP may affect them.
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/K8FMZLC
