New CEHR chair must make ‘clear break from the past’, says Disability Rights Commission

8 September 2006
 
Commenting on the announcement that Trevor Phillips is to be the first Chairman of the new Commission for Equality and Human Rights, DRC Chairman Bert Massie said:

“I congratulate Trevor on his appointment. He must ensure that the new commission is as well-known as the BBC and as cherished as the NHS because it is for every Briton.

“We need a clear break from the past, with no more special pleading but equality and human rights acknowledged as intrinsic to Britain’s prosperity, security and well-being.

“Success for the Commission and Britain on disability would mean eliminating notions of care, welfare and charity and replacing them with rights, opportunities and full citizenship for disabled people.”