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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 06 Jan 2022
Legislation: Skeleton Bills and Delegated Powers

"My 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 to prove it, particularly from the Public Bodies Bill.

First, as the noble Lord, Lord Bridges, said, the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 16 Jun 2020
Manifesto Commitments

"My Lords, in April the Government said that in the light of the pandemic they were reviewing the development of the manifesto commitment to establish a national strategy for disabled people. Disabled people badly need some good news. Can the Minister give us some about the strategy?..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 27 Mar 2017
Social Security (Personal Independence Payment) (Amendment) Regulations 2017

"My Lords, Winchester is well represented this evening. PIP’s broad design flows from the Welfare Reform Act 2012. From the beginning it was intended not just to reset the DLA thresholds to determine who gets what but to decrease the overall expenditure on benefits by attempting to target them more …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 13 Mar 2017
Higher Education and Research Bill

"My Lords, I was speaking to a Muslim friend this morning who has six young children. She and her husband take education extremely seriously; the children go to extra tuition. Families such as that will find it very difficult if a scheme is not put in place soon as far …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Feb 2017
Parking Places (Variation of Charges) Bill

"I am very grateful to the noble Baroness, Lady Redfern, for giving me the chance to speak very briefly at this point. What I have to say is not really relevant to the Bill but it is relevant to the subject of the Bill because it is about car parking …..."
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Written Question
Public Sector: Internet
Wednesday 22nd February 2017

Asked by: Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the requirement of EU Directive 2016/2102 on the accessibility of the websites and mobile applications of public sector bodies will be incorporated into UK law after the UK leaves the EU.

Answered by Lord Young of Cookham

Following the Directive's adoption, there will now follow a process by which the specific standard for accessibility will be decided and the UK will be strongly represented in the negotiations. We expect these negotiations to conclude before the UK exits the EU, meaning that the agreed standard(s) will come under the remit of the forthcoming Great Repeal Bill, which will see that all existing EU law at the time will be given full application in UK law.

Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Dec 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"My Lords, it is a pleasure to follow the powerful speech of the noble Lord, Lord Shinkwin. As the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, has said, this amendment is more focused than the one we tabled in Committee, but it is essentially about the same issue: giving the licensing authority a …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 09 Nov 2016
Policing and Crime Bill

"My Lords, my name is also on Amendment 210 which, as the noble Baroness, Lady Deech, has said, is one of the recommendations of our committee. I am particularly speaking about how the amendment would apply to existing, rather than new, premises. Before I go any further, I should say …..."
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Written Question
Food Poverty
Thursday 12th March 2015

Asked by: Baroness Thomas of Winchester (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to prevent people from having to use food banks.

Answered by Lord Wallace of Saltaire - Liberal Democrat Lords Spokesperson (Cabinet Office)

Under this Government, year on year food prices have fallen, with an annual rate of inflation for food and non-alcoholic drinks of minus 2.5 per cent in the year to January 2015 - the lowest rate since the official CPI series began in 1997.

Our welfare system offers a vital safety net, providing around £94bn in 2014/15 on working age benefits to support people who are, for instance, on low incomes or out of work. We are also taking action to help hardworking families with their food costs, for example through free school meals and the Healthy Start and School Fruit and Vegetable Schemes.

Speech in Grand Committee - Mon 11 Mar 2013
Government’s New Approach to Consultation: “Work in Progress” (SLSC Report)

"My Lords, I, too, applaud the committee’s report and strongly endorse its recommendations. I will just say a very quick word about why consultation is so important, particularly for disabled people. I absolutely accept that there are many sorts of disability, but let us take the disability of somebody such …..."
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