I propose to take Question Nos. 36, 88 and 90 together.
The Government undertook, in the Programme for Economic and Social Progress, to increase on a gradual and sustained basis the number of people with disabilities employed in the public service. To oversee this commitment a Monitoring Committee comprising representatives of public service unions and management was established.
Arising from a meeting I had with the Forum of People with Disabilities in May of this year, I agreed to expand the terms of reference of the Monitoring Committee to provide for consideration of the employment of people with disabilities in the private sector and I agreed that the Forum would be represented on the Committee.
In July of this year, arising from a proposal by the Monitoring Committee, the Government decided that each member of Government should be responsible for the employment of people with disabilities in the area for which they have direct statutory control and/or functional responsibility.