Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Schools: Funding
"Has the Minister witnessed what I and some of my acquaintances have witnessed, which is a failure of social engineering because very rich parents and many foreign parents can still afford private schools but a larger number of the middle class and the less well-off will be going to state …..."Baroness Deech - View Speech
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Written Question
Monday 18th July 2022
Asked by:
Baroness Deech (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Baroness Stedman-Scott on 21 June (HL Deb col 51GC), when they will issue guidance on the promotion and facilitation of British Sign Language (BSL) and establish a BSL advisory board.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott
- Opposition Whip (Lords)
We anticipate that the BSL Board will be established by late Autumn 2022. Guidance on the promotion and facilitation of British Sign Language will follow.
Written Question
Monday 27th June 2022
Asked by:
Baroness Deech (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the National Disability Strategy 2022 update.
Answered by Baroness Stedman-Scott
- Opposition Whip (Lords)
The Minister for Disabled People provided an update on the National Disability Strategy to the House through a Written Ministerial Statement on Monday 13th June.
In January 2022, the High Court declared it was unlawful because the UK Disability Survey, which informed it, was held to be a voluntary consultation that failed to comply with the legal requirements on public consultations. We are disappointed by and strongly disagree with this finding, and the Secretary of State has sought permission to appeal the High Court's declaration. We remain committed to improving opportunities and outcomes for disabled people as we await the outcome of the appeal.
Written Question
Question Link
Wednesday 5th July 2017
Asked by:
Baroness Deech (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question
to the Department for Work and Pensions:
Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the finding by the Equality and Human Rights Commission review published on 3 April, Being disabled in Britain: a journey less equal, that across the UK 18.4 per cent of disabled people aged 16 to 64 were considered to be in food poverty in 2014 compared with 7.5 per cent of non-disabled people.
Answered by Baroness Buscombe
It is widely acknowledged that the reasons why people are in food poverty are complex and overlapping, and therefore would be misleading to link this to any particular cause. The Government’s approach has been about recognising the value and importance of work, to make work pay and to support people into work whilst protecting the most vulnerable in society. We are committed to ensuring that those in work are paid a fair wage; have opportunities to progress and achieve their potential. We are getting disabled people into employment and working to change attitudes, introducing reforms to make sure that work always pays and that we support people into work. Since June 2016 over 750,000 of people who were receiving incapacity benefits are now either preparing for or looking for work.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2016
Unemployment: Disabled People
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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made towards creating the conditions necessary to halve the unemployment rate of disabled people...."Baroness Deech - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 20 Oct 2016
Unemployment: Disabled People
"I fear—and I wonder whether the Minister agrees with me—that these schemes are destined to fail because the Government have not removed the barriers between disabled people and jobs. There is a lack of transport and an unwelcoming workplace. What disabled people need—and I hope that this will be favourable …..."Baroness Deech - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 27 Apr 2016
Children: Parental Separation
"My Lords, the Minister will be aware that the cuts in legal aid have meant that parents, during the worst time of their lives, have been left to self-represent in court, struggling over the allocation of money to the detriment of the family. Will she tell the House if the …..."Baroness Deech - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 07 Mar 2016
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
"My Lords, I rise to speak in support of my noble friend Lord Low. Until about a year ago, I was by no means an expert in this field, and I am still not, but I have had the privilege for nearly a year of chairing the House of Lords …..."Baroness Deech - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 04 Mar 2014
Welfare: Cost of Family Breakdown
"Is the Minister aware that cohabiting relationships form a disproportionate amount of the relationships that break down and that cohabiting parents are three times as likely to split by the time their child is aged five as are married couples? Will the Government therefore refrain from further normalising or approving …..."Baroness Deech - View Speech
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 10 Jul 2013
Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill
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