Government ‘should consider criminalising disability discrimination’, says disabled MP

One of parliament’s new disabled MPs has suggested that the government should consider criminalising disability discrimination, because of the difficulty disabled people face in enforcing the Equality Act. As a guide dog-user, with a wife who also has a guide dog, Liberal Democrat Steve Darling has experienced repeated discrimination when trying to access services such as hotels, restaurants and taxis, including when trying to hire a taxi in Brighton on the way to the conference.