Tory MP Philip Davies: disabled people could work for less pay
Shipley MP describes criticism of his remarks that disabled people could work for less than minimum wage as 'leftwing hysteria'
A Tory MP has sparked anger by suggesting that disabled people should work for less than the minimum wage to increase their chances of being taken on by employers.
Philip Davies told the Commons: "If an employer is looking at two candidates, one who has got disabilities and one who hasn't, and they have got to pay them both the same rate, I invite you to guess which one the employer is more likely to take on.
Read the full article, along with reader comments (and the chance to leave your own) on the Guardian website: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/jun/17/tory-philip-davies-disabled-people-work
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