MPQ's Lord Freuds statement on Disabled workers.

So it was that time of the week again Prime Ministers Questions.

 

The main topic of conversation was the Economy, The NHS and Unemployment.

 

With Unemployment figures have fallen to under 2 million and David Cameron is hock a hoop that this had happened, and went straight in for the kill, by hitting Ed Miliband  with what the coalition had done for the economy, increasing what you can earn before paying tax to £10,500, and certain tax cuts, but they did increase VAT to 20% and have talked about raising it to 22.5%.

 

Then it was the NHS and the failings of this government to do more about it, one MP sated that their constituents had to wait 2 weeks to see a GP, I know in Wales you have to wait at least 14 months to see a Cancer specialist, yet David Cameron insists that this Coalition Government has increased Nurses and Doctors, Well Mr Cameron, where are these Nurses and Doctors, some nurses work without a break and long hours. You had Gideon Osborne, oop's sorry that should be George, for those of you who don't know George Osborne was christened with the name Gideon.

 

And now we come on to the biggest issue of the day when Ed Miliband, ambushed Mr Cameron with quotes from a fringe meeting at The Conservative Conference when  Lord Freud, who has been a minister in the Department for Work and Pensions stated that disabled people were "not worth the full wage".

 

 Labour is urging a welfare minister to resign amid reports he suggested people with disabilities could be paid less than the minimum wage.

 

Ed Milliband then went on to sate the following that Lord Freud also said:-

 

"Now, there is a small… there is a group, and I know exactly who you mean, where actually as you say they're not worth the full wage and actually I'm going to go and think about that particular issue, whether there is something we can do nationally, and without distorting the whole thing, which actually if someone wants to work for £2 an hour, and it's working can we actual"

 

I watched PMQ's on SKY NEWS and Mr Cameron seemed to get very agitated by what Ed Milliband had just thrown at him.

 

Raising the issue in Parliament, Mr Miliband said:

 

"These are not the words of someone who ought to be in charge of policy relating to the welfare of disabled people.
       

"Surely someone holding those views can't possibly stay in his government?"
       

But Mr Cameron said these were not the views of the government, which believed that everyone should receive the minimum wage and had backed an increase in the level of the wage.

 

Mr Miliband also called the Conservatives the nasty party, and I am inclined to agree with that statement They are the nasty part and Lord Freud should be tin tacked, sacked, how can we have someone with those views in Government, there are plenty of Disabled People who very rewarding jobs and SHOULD be paid the minimum wage if not more.

 

So todays PMQ's were interesting to say the least.