asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has in the near future to set in train a fresh reappraisal in his Department of the special problems faced by disabled persons in gaining access to public buildings.

My deep concern about the barriers which disabled people still have to face in using many public and social buildings and other facilities led me to establish last year the Silver Jubilee Committee on Improving Access for Disabled People. The Committee's campaign to increase public awareness of the problems, and of how they can be overcome, is to culminate in a National Access Week from 4th to 10th June. There will subsequently be a report on the Committee's work. This will be published and I shall study it closely to see what further positive action I can take.