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HANSARDMental Health Act ReformMy Lords, due to the current mental health legislation, autistic people are being detained in hospitals not because they have a separate mental health issue but because they are…26 Jan 2023HANSARDSecondary Schools: Autistic PupilsI thank the Minister for her Answer. Some 130,000 autistic youngsters are educated in mainstream schools. According to figures from the Minister’s department, they are twice as…26 Jan 2023HANSARDSecondary Schools: Autistic PupilsMy Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the National Autistic Society, an honour I…26 Jan 2023HANSARDSecondary Schools: Autistic PupilsTo ask His Majesty’s Government what is their strategy to ensure the needs of autistic pupils are fully met in mainstream secondary schools.26 Jan 2023HANSARDChildren Seeking Asylum: SafeguardingMy Lords, as I speak at this minute, thousands of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across Europe are suffering. They are being abused and trafficked. They are self-harming;…23 Jan 2023HANSARDWales: Additional Financial ResourcesMy Lords, perhaps I can help the Minister. She might care to suggest to her right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Wales that he has a word with my noble friend Lord…18 Jan 2023HANSARDAlcohol Duty BandsMy Lords, alcohol misuse is one of the prime causes of domestic violence of men against women. Surely increasing the duty should be part of the overall package of trying to reduce…12 Jan 2023HANSARDSocial Care: Integrated Care SystemsMy Lords, the Government are to be congratulated on amending the Health and Care Act to ensure that responsibility for integrated care systems addresses the needs of children and…11 Jan 2023HANSARDEmployment RightsMy noble friend Lord Woodley made an important point about workers’ rights, but if you are disabled, the chances are you are not in work at all. That is why we need to close the…19 Jul 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesMy Lords, many of the ambitions in the SEND Green Paper are welcome and offer real hope to those of us who want reform. However, the proposal to allow parents of disabled children…23 Jun 2022HANSARDDisabled Children: Support ServicesTo ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the barriers preventing families with disabled children from adequately receiving support services.23 Jun 2022HANSARDSocial Care: ChildrenMy Lords, the SEND Green Paper said very little about social care, and the independent review the right reverend Prelate spoke about defers responsibility back to the same Green…22 Jun 2022HANSARDEmployment BillMy Lords, if you are disabled you are 30% less likely to have a job than if you are able bodied. In London alone, there are 400,000 unemployed disabled people. In some London…06 Apr 2022HANSARDDown Syndrome BillMy Lords, when opening Second Reading in the other place, Dr Liam Fox said that the first question that people have tended to ask about this Private Member’s Bill is “Why?” Why…18 Mar 2022HANSARDHealth and Care BillMy Lords, I welcome the Minister’s statement—it really is very welcome—and declare an interest as a vice-president of the National Autistic Society. I also thank the noble…16 Mar 2022HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Electric Vehicle Charging PointsMy Lords, despite what the Order Paper says, clearly, I am not the Senior Deputy Speaker. The noble Lord, Lord Gardiner, has asked me to reply as chair of the Services Committee—…09 Feb 2022HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Electric Vehicle Charging PointsI thank the noble Lord, Lord Borwick, as I said, and the noble Baroness, for coming round with me and coming up with these ideas. I have seen the exchange of emails that the noble…09 Feb 2022HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Electric Vehicle Charging PointsAt the outset, I thank the noble Baroness and the noble Lord, Lord Borwick, for walking the estate with me and our technical people, looking at their ideas and trying to find…09 Feb 2022HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Electric Vehicle Charging PointsI thank the noble Lord, Lord Berkeley, for his earlier comments about these matters and the discussions we have had. Yes, we have looked at Chancellor’s Court. The standard office…09 Feb 2022HANSARDParliamentary Estate: Electric Vehicle Charging PointsMy Lords, it is difficult because the Services Committee agreed that it wished to proceed with a plan for EVCs. In April last year, it was decided that a business case had to be…09 Feb 2022