Welfare Reform Minister Lord Freud has issued a "full and unreserved apology" after suggesting that some disabled people are "not worth" the minimum wage - but stopped short of resigning.
The Tory peer said he had been "foolish" in "accepting the premise" of a question posed to him during a fringe event at the Conservative Party conference last month.
The father of a 31-year-old man with severe learning difficulties has backed Lord Freud's controversial comments that some disabled people should not be employed at the minimum wage.
Julian Mason told Good Morning Britain his son "would need constant supervision" even if he worked at the local supermarket and may have trouble completing basic tasks like collecting trollies.
Questions to be asked over meaning behind Lord Freud's comments relating to disabled workers.
Ed Miliband has called for Tory Lord Freud to resign after he suggested some disabled workers are 'not worth' the full minimum wage