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PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

That this House welcomes Sightsavers' Put Us in the Picture campaign; recognises that there are more than 1 billion people with disabilities worldwide, that one in seven people have a disability, and that 80 per cent of people with disabilities live in developing countries; acknowledges, that unless actively included from the start, people with disabilities can remain hidden or excluded from development policies and programmes; and encourages the Government to continue to mainstream disabilit...