Ready to rumble?

One of the less attractive aspects of our Parliamentary system is the way - particularly as a general election gets near - that the parties look for any way of slagging off the opposition, even if it means misrepresenting what someone has said, and ignoring a valid point that has been made.  At the moment, everybody is having a pop at a Government Minister who it is alleged has said that disabled people are "not worth" the minimum wage.  The Opposition are frothing at the mouth with rage, the Prime Minister has been forced to distance himself from the remarks, and all and sundry are lining up to give him a kicking.  So what exactly was he saying?  It seems to me that it was this - there are people who are so disabled that they are incapable of performing even the most menial of jobs. Nonetheless, these people - or at least some of them - would like to feel valued, would like to do something to make it worth getting up in the morning, would like to have some interaction with their fellow man. At present, employment law makes it impossible for an employer to offer such a person any sort of "job" - even if it's just turning up every now and then and making the tea - without paying them the minimum wage, which would clearly not be justified in such circumstances.  So can anything be done about this?  This was the question being asked it seems to me, and I would suggest it is a topic worthy of discussion.  But then - there's an election coming isn't there?  Put you hob-nail boots on and get your pitchfork out...