The government is expected to
largely accept these recommendations, although today Mr Hutton made clear it would be going further in its efforts to include women, by introducing a credit scheme in place of the residency criteria.
Their Initial
Recommendations to the Minister responsible for Persons with Disabilities on Accessibility Legislation (June 15, 2012) were
largely accepted by government, as set out in the March 2013 document: Government Response to
Recommendations of the Accessibility Advisory Council for an Accessibility Act and form the basis of the Bill introduced today.