That group ensured that the proposals were proofed against any subsequent claims that the council had not addressed issues in relation to disabled people.After all, we should remind ourselves that any one of us—from the highest to the lowest position in the land—could leave our homes in the morning and be grossly disabled by the end of the day. At a church reception that I attended along with colleagues just before the Christmas recess, I met a lady who was a member of the social responsibility committee.