Stephen Timms congratulated Debbie Abrahams on securing the debate and acknowledged her long-standing support for disabled people. He outlined steps taken by his department to improve disability inclusion, including overhauling jobcentres, setting up a disability employment panel, and conducting an independent review led by Sir Charlie Mayfield on better work support for individuals with disabilities or health impairments. The minister committed to addressing barriers preventing disabled individuals from working and pledged to introduce disability pay gap reporting in the forthcoming race and disability equality Bill. He highlighted plans to support access to assistive technology and established new lead Ministers for disability across each Government Department, chaired by himself, to champion accessibility and inclusion. Timms also emphasised his commitment to breaking down barriers for disabled people through meetings with various disability groups and implementation of the UN convention on the rights of persons with disabilities.