Lee Scott, MP for Ilford North, has been a tireless campaigner for autism and Asperger's Syndrome in the United Kingdom. He has worked very closely with the Autism Awareness Campaign UK, and now with the UK Autism Foundation over these serious education and health issues. He has helped not only his constituents, but also families with autism and Asperger's Syndrome across the UK.
Lee initiated a landmark debate on autism in the House of Commons in March 2007. He subsequently asked a question on autism at prime minister’s questions in April 2007, as a result of which I attended a personal meeting with the then prime minister, Tony Blair, and presented him with the Autism Report.
In 2008 Lee created history by introducing the first ever Autism Bill in Westminster - as a private member's bill. He has signed many early-day motions on autism and tabled written questions to ministers on issues concerning autism.
Lee also met the children's secretary Ed Balls when he addressed the all-party parliamentary group on autism in Westminster. He has been invited to talk about autism to many parents’ groups and was featured in an Autism Awareness Campaign UK film.
Lee is now working with the UK Autism Foundation - a new autism charity for a new generation - who aim to build the first ever Autism Centre in London, based in the London Borough of Redbridge, an autism school, and launch initiatives to help families with autism who are below the poverty line. He has been speaking up for the vulnerable, the socially excluded and the marginalised.
