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HANSARDNational Disability StrategyTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made with implementing their National Disability Strategy.10 Feb 2022HANSARDNational Disability StrategyDisabled people in the UK today face an education attainment gap, an employment gap, a pay gap, a public appointments gap, a suboptimal disabled students’ allowance scheme,…10 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersMy Lords, first, well over a million private scooters are estimated to have been purchased. Will my noble friend comment on the fiction that they are being ridden only on private…08 Feb 2022HANSARDE-scootersMy Lords, it is a pleasure to follow my noble friend Lady Neville-Rolfe, and I congratulate her on securing this timely and incredibly important debate. I echo her congratulations…20 Jan 2022HANSARDDisabled Students’ Allowance SchemeMy Lords, considering the problems with the application process, the 150-day wait between application and potential award, and that there is no audit or quality assurance, the…09 Dec 2021HANSARDDisabled Students’ Allowance SchemeTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the operation of the Disabled Students’ Allowance scheme to ensure it is working in a timely manner and in the best…09 Dec 2021HANSARDOutsourcing: DWP Telephone ServicesMy Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register. Telephones aside, does my noble friend agree that there are real opportunities for DWP to deploy new technologies…30 Nov 2021HANSARDIndependent Fan-led Review of Football GovernanceMy Lords, would my noble friend agree that, though football is the national game, it cannot in any sense be separate from the national culture and values? To this end, it has a…29 Nov 2021HANSARDFootball Clubs: Ownership TestMy Lords, is my noble friend aware of the work that we did at UK Sport on good governance as part of the Mission 2012 and Road to Rio programmes, delivering benefits not just in…29 Nov 2021HANSARDMoney LaunderingMy Lords, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register. Does my noble friend the Minister agree that it is time we got real about AML and KYC? Does he agree that…24 Nov 2021HANSARDCharities and Civil Society: Ministerial ResponsibilityMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. Does my noble friend agree that there is some sense in combining these responsibilities, as, for example, in the case…23 Nov 2021HANSARDPersonal Independence PaymentsMy Lords, more generally, what are the Government doing to help disabled people coming out of the pandemic, and what steps are they taking to operationalise every element of the…22 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Cash NetworkMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that, whether for the financial inclusion of individuals or the overall resilience of the UK economy, until we have high-speed reliable…08 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Cash NetworkTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have (1) to designate the United Kingdom’s cash network as Critical National Infrastructure, and (2) to introduce a Universal…08 Nov 2021HANSARDUK Cash NetworkI beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and in doing so declare my technology interests as set out in the register.08 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26: Disabled AccessMy Lords, many things can be said about Monday’s incident—overwhelmingly, that it was avoidable. Does my noble friend agree that, had COP 26 been planned and delivered to be…04 Nov 2021HANSARDCOP 26: Disabled AccessTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to undertake an inquiry into the reasons why the COP26 summit venue did not provide equal access for people with disabilities;…04 Nov 2021HANSARDAutonomous Weapons SystemsMy Lords, I declare my technology interests as set out in the register. Does my noble friend agree that, whether in safety or security, the public good or economic growth, the UK…01 Nov 2021HANSARDOfcom: Appointment of ChairMy Lords, I declare my interests as set out in the register. Are the Government considering the adequacy of Ofcom’s current budget in light of the increasing number of critical…26 Oct 2021HANSARDRural PovertyMy Lords, what are the Government planning to do to increase the extent and pace of the rollout of broadband and 5G to rural areas, and in terms of its reliability and capacity…25 Oct 2021