London Assembly Passes a Motion for a Disability Commissioner for London

A video of the London Assembly debating a motion. They are sat around in a horseshoe committee room meeting. Hina Bokhari, Emma Best and Keith Prince all speak.

This time last year, for the International Day of Disabled People 2023, we held a celebration event at the London Assembly, launching our report ‘Making London an Accessible City for All’.

This report had followed on from a roundtable that we held earlier in 2023, and had recommendations ranging from proposing a Disability Commissioner for London, which had been suggested by Kush Kanodia, to halting and reviewing the progress of floating bus stops.

We are pleased that these proposals were mentioned in a recent debate, put forward by Assembly Member Hina Bokhari, supported by one of the Assembly Members that we worked with on our London roundtables.

As a result of the debate, the London Assembly also passed a motion, unanimously calling for a Disability Commissioner for London. This motion was supported by Inclusion London.

A photo of the roundtable that we first held, in February 2023.
A photo of Kush, Anna, Adam, Emma and Hina on stage at City Hall.
A photo of Anna and friends holding up the report, and a campaign sign to stop floating bus stops. The DPC banner is behind them.
A group photo at our first roundtable for London.