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HANSARDSocial Care StrategyMy Lords, I welcome this debate and declare that I receive NHS home care. The whole social care landscape is unbelievably complex, as we have heard. Select Committee reports in…10 Oct 2024HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Access to ServicesMy Lords, I welcome this debate and declare that I receive DLA. The Government have made no secret about wanting to cut the benefit PIP—personal independence payment—which is paid…16 May 2024HANSARDEnergy Prices BillMy Lords, I am very grateful to my noble friend Lady Brinton for tabling the amendment, to which I have added my name. There will be a lot of severely disabled people who, like…24 Oct 2022HANSARDDisabled People: Personal AssistantsMy Lords, the Minister has partly replied, but can he say a bit more about Home Office bureaucracy which is holding up the recruitment of care workers from overseas?07 Sept 2022HANSARDEquality Act 2010: The Impact on Disabled People: Follow-Up Report (Liaison Committee Report)My Lords, I welcome the chance afforded us by the Liaison Committee taking the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Committee report of 2016 out of the long grass and producing its…21 Jun 2022HANSARDNeurological ConditionsMy Lords, I too thank the noble Lord, Lord Dubs, for securing this debate, and the Neurological Alliance for undertaking such a large patient survey of people living with a…09 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Homes for RentMy Lords, what action are the Government taking to address the need for more accessible housing, and when can we expect a response to the consultation on raising accessible…26 May 2022HANSARDQueen’s SpeechMy Lords, I declare that I receive disability living allowance. I shall make just one point, but it is an important one for disabled people and must be looked at in the light of…17 May 2022HANSARDBritish Sign Language BillMy Lords, I warmly welcome this Bill and pay tribute to all those people who have made it possible, particularly my old friend David Buxton, chair of the British Deaf Association,…25 Mar 2022HANSARDNational Disability StrategyMy Lords, disabled people look forward to being consulted properly on the National Disability Strategy; in particular, on more accessible housing for rent, fair benefit…10 Feb 2022HANSARDLegislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated PowersMy Lords, I shall speak in shorthand in this very welcome debate. As a former chair of the Delegated Powers Committee, I am familiar with this battleground, and I have the scars…06 Jan 2022HANSARDDisabled Students’ Allowance SchemeMy Lords, a student I know with the hidden disabilities of ADHD and dyslexia has had very good support from Brunel University because she had been told about DSA not at her school…09 Dec 2021HANSARDAdult Social CareMy Lords, could the Minister say exactly what the Government are doing right now to recruit more carers, in view of the huge shortfall in the workforce? Are they largely leaving…02 Dec 2021HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking in response to the First Tier Tribunal overturning 70 per cent of the decisions of the Department for Work and Pensions…22 Nov 2021HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and declare that I receive a disability benefit.22 Nov 2021HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsMy Lords, I thank the Minister and welcome that reply—as far as it went. However, is it not high time that assessments right now are improved, which would make most of these PIP…22 Nov 2021HANSARDSocial Security (Scotland) Act 2018 (Disability Assistance for Children and Young People) (Consequential Modifications) (No. 2) Order 2021My Lords, I hope that I have the right statutory instrument and that I am not speaking on the wrong one. I am particularly pleased to welcome this statutory instrument, which…09 Nov 2021HANSARDCovid-19 VaccinationsMy Lords, will the Minister look into booster vaccines for vulnerable people such as me who need to be vaccinated at home? There is never any information about this cohort of…08 Nov 2021HANSARDSocial Care in EnglandMy Lords, I declare that I receive self-funded care and disability living allowance. I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, for securing this debate, and for her very…14 Oct 2021HANSARDSupported Housing: FundingMy Lords, as well as supported housing for disabled people, more wheelchair-accessible housing is greatly needed. What action will the Government take to ensure that it is…14 Sept 2021