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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 24 Feb 2021
Non-Domestic Rating (Public Lavatories) Bill

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My Lords, I so agree with what the noble Lord, Lord Lucas, just said. I support Amendment 11, but am speaking to Amendment 14, which follows Amendment 11 in this group, calling on the Government to undertake a review of the impact of the Act on the provision of accessible …

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Speech in Lords Chamber - Fri 24 Nov 2017
Equality Act 2010 (Amendment) (Disabled Access) Bill [HL]

"My Lords, once again, I am very happy to support this Bill. It makes me smile that the noble Lord is introducing a Private Member’s Bill when his job at one time was to shout “Object” to every such Bill in the other place. Well, I shout “Support” now.

It …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 18 Oct 2017
Disabled Children: Online and Verbal Abuse

"My Lords, disability is apparently not listed on Twitter as a specific category, unlike race or religion. Despite reassurances given to Trailblazers earlier this year, it is still not listed. Will the Minister take this up with Twitter as a matter of urgency, as some of the tweets one sees …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Tue 06 Sep 2016
Committee on the Equality Act 2010 and Disability Report

"My Lords, I have been about this House in one capacity or another for nearly 40 years, and it struck me at the beginning of last year that the progress disabled people have made and the noise they have had to make in order for things to change had all …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 15 Oct 2015
Shared Spaces

"My Lords, I must confess at the outset that I myself have not had a great deal of experience of shared space, but when I have encountered one on foot I have liked the general ambience, the absence of kerbs and the lack of nose-to-tail traffic. However, I can see …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 05 May 2011
Disabled People

"My Lords, I too am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Low, for the opportunity to raise a couple of specific matters. One is very familiar to old DWP hands in this Chamber who have heard me raise it many times before: namely, the problems posed by the service user …..."
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