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HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesThe noble Lord makes a very interesting point. I know that the Ministry of Justice is looking at and working on this. I have just heard that the DWP is, in fact, joining the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI can assure the noble Baroness that there is no way in which those children will not get access eventually but it is about how they get it.03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI am afraid, as I have said before, that we are doing everything we possibly can. It is not costly any longer because the fee remission will ensure that families can go to the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesWe absolutely will and are looking at my noble friend Lord Young’s ideas and, as I say, the DWP has just joined the working party, which is starting straight away and will report…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI am not going to make a promise of extra time, but I can say that the working group has now been put together involving the MoJ, the Treasury, the DWP, the charities and the…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI absolutely agree, and, as I have said, we are trying, through a working party, to find a way to reduce the obstacles that the families are facing. There is also a fee remission,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesMy Lords, children with learning disabilities might not have the mental capacity to manage their finances and might need someone to do this on their behalf. Parents need legal…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI agree with the noble Lord. This is a balance. It is important to make sure that those young people who do not have the mental capacity to access their funds get them easily,…03 Dec 2020HANSARDChild Trust Funds: Children with Learning DisabilitiesI thank my noble friend; she is absolutely right. That is why the Government made the announcement yesterday that we want to reduce the obstacles to supporting young people who…03 Dec 2020HANSARDConduct Committee ReportYes, my Lord, we can hear you.02 Dec 2020HANSARDConduct Committee ReportMy Lord, I am sorry, but we cannot hear you again. Could you try to press your unmute button? They are working on trying to get the audio back so we can hear you.02 Dec 2020HANSARDConduct Committee ReportWe can hear you. You can start now.02 Dec 2020HANSARDConduct Committee ReportMy Lords, we are ready to start if the noble and learned Lord could unmute. I do not think that he can hear.02 Dec 2020HANSARDDefinition of Qualifying Northern Ireland Goods (EU Exit) Regulations 2020That the draft Regulations laid before the House on 7 and 21 October be approved. Relevant document: 31st Report from the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (s pecial…02 Dec 2020HANSARDParliamentary Constituencies BillMy Lords, the noble and learned Lord has been speaking for 20 minutes. Could he now wind up, please?26 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesI am sorry, but we cannot hear the noble Baroness. Could she try again?12 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesI am sorry, but we cannot hear the noble Baroness. Can she get closer to the microphone?12 Nov 2020HANSARDSupporting Disadvantaged FamiliesWe can hear you now.12 Nov 2020HANSARDUnited Kingdom Internal Market BillMy Lords, the result is clear, and we have already agreed in the usual channels that Clauses 45, 46 and 47 are consequential on Clause 44.09 Nov 2020HANSARDRoyal Commission on Criminal JusticeMy Lords, the Government made a commitment in their 2019 manifesto to establish a royal commission on criminal justice. We are absolutely committed to doing this. A budget has…09 Nov 2020