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HANSARDTopical QuestionsNearly 1.5 million pensioners are receiving attendance allowance, at a cost of about £5.5 billion this year. It is normal for social security schemes to contain different…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Energy: People with DisabilitiesI am happy to raise with Ministers across Government the hon. Lady’s point about eligibility for the scheme, but I would make the argument that this Government have put in place a…05 Dec 2022HANSARDCost of Energy: People with DisabilitiesMinisters across Government, of course, discuss policy proposals. The Government are spending £37 billion this year to support people on low incomes and disabled people with…05 Dec 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsAgain, I thank the hon. Gentleman for raising this issue so constructively. He is right to say that I responded to his earlier question in a letter last week. This matter is…05 Dec 2022HANSARDNational Disability StrategyI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising this important point. The autism strategy is in place, having had a refresh launched in July 2021 and £74 million of funding in the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be absolutely delighted to meet Guide Dogs to talk about the campaign. It is an important stakeholder in the disability sector, and we will make sure that that meeting…30 Nov 2022HANSARDNational Disability StrategyI am very grateful to the hon. Member for his question. It is fair to say that this is a Government who have consistently been supporting people during the significant cost of…30 Nov 2022HANSARDNational Disability StrategyIn January 2022, the High Court declared the national disability strategy unlawful. We have been granted permission to appeal this declaration, but to ensure compliance with the…30 Nov 2022HANSARDWork and PensionsAs my hon. Friend said, the CMS has collected and arranged more than £1 billion-worth of child maintenance payments each year since 2021 .25 Nov 2022HANSARDWork and PensionsAs my hon. Friend said, the CMS has collected and arranged more than £1 billion-worth of child maintenance payments each year since 2019. [Official Report, 28 October 2022, Vol.…25 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI could speak at some length on that, but I think I will write to the right hon. Gentleman as Chairman of the Committee and provide him with an update on where we are in relation…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI am pleased to join colleagues in speaking in this debate to celebrate the UN International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I pay tribute to and thank the Members who secured…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI am grateful to the hon. Lady for raising that point, which will speak somewhat to the points I will go on to make later. I hope they will give her some confidence on this. We…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesTo directly address the hon. Lady’s point, we are fully committed to the convention, but as a general principle the UK Government do not incorporate international treaties into…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI will get to that very point. It is one that I want to reflect on briefly in my remarks. I will get there and I hope that the right hon. Gentleman will welcome what I have to…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I would be happy to meet him to discuss those issues further. I am determined that Ministers will have constructive…24 Nov 2022HANSARDUN International Day of Persons with DisabilitiesI am conscious that I need to make a bit of progress, but I will gladly give way to the right hon. Gentleman.24 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022I beg to move, That the Committee has considered the draft Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022. It…16 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022I am grateful to Members for their contributions to the debate. I repeat that the draft regulations are a technical rectification to ensure that UK law functions with legal…16 Nov 2022HANSARDDraft Cessation of EU Law Relating to Prohibitions on Grounds of Nationality and Free Movement of Persons Regulations 2022I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. It reminds me of times gone by, when we regularly debated immigration-related matters in the House, and probably at times…16 Nov 2022