As part of the International Day of Disabled People, Penny Mordaunt and I went to see the Remploy packaging factory in Rodney Road, Fratton just next to Fratton Park. Remploy gives disabled people a chance to get into the workforce and have a proper paid professional job. The tour of the factory was noisy even with ear plugs but it was fascinating to see how pieces of cardboard are cut into shape, put through the printer, folded for distribution and quality controlled throughout the process. Some of the machines are at least 50 years old and it takes skill to use them.

Remploy provides packaging for hundreds of organisations including Marks and Spencer, BAe systems, the Cookie Man among others, all looking to contribute to their Corporate and Social Responsibility. We need to encourage more companies to follow their example.