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Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Hughes of Stretford (Lab - Life peer) Of equal concern to me is the language being used by Ministers about disabled people. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) I commend her on a fabulous speech. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) , more recently, the British Sign Language Act and Down Syndrome Act. - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Lord Hannett of Everton (Lab - Life peer) As a keen champion of disability rights, I was more than pleased to see British Sign Language introduced - Speech Link
2: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) more equal Wales; a Wales of cohesive communities; a vibrant culture and thriving Welsh language; and - Speech Link
3: Lord Hampton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) Lord’s inspirational opening speech as Churchillian, and raise that one more. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) the United States who knew all about life’s difficulties because his father was brought up in the deep - Speech Link
5: Baroness Thornton (Lab - Life peer) take adequate action against racist and discriminatory language. - Speech Link

Select Committee
Dr Ben Bernanke

Oral Evidence May. 15 2024

Committee: Treasury Committee (Department: HM Treasury)

Found: Dr Bernanke: That was language that I heard, which I was trying myself to understand.

Select Committee
Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, Crohn's and Colitis UK, MS Society, ME Association, Autistica, Down’s Syndrome Association, and Sense

Oral Evidence May. 15 2024

Inquiry: Disability employment
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Work and Pensions Committee (Department: Department for Work and Pensions)

Found: Money and Mental Health Policy Institute, Crohn's and Colitis UK, MS Society, ME Association, Autistica

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Housing Emergency - Wed 15 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Griffin, Mark (Lab - Central Scotland) We have talked about housing voids and the huge difficulties that councils and housing associations have - Speech Link
2: Rennie, Willie (LD - North East Fife) However, I am sorry that the minister’s speech was almost exactly the same as the speech that was made - Speech Link
3: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) The Gaelic language is dying because of the dispersal of native Gaelic speakers. - Speech Link
4: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) This is one of those times when you stand up and give a completely different speech from the one that - Speech Link
5: Stewart, Kevin (SNP - Aberdeen Central) for the stopping of building and for people falling into difficulties. - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Lord Bishop of Chelmsford (Bshp - Bishops) difficulties in switching to home ownership or social rent. - Speech Link
2: Earl of Lytton (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The language we use, therefore, has considerable significance for how things turn out. - Speech Link
3: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) I also take the opportunity to thank my noble friend Lady Taylor of Stevenage for her opening speech - Speech Link
4: Lord Cromwell (XB - Excepted Hereditary) In some cases, it is to seek—or, if noble Lords wish to use emotive language, to extort—an increased - Speech Link
5: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) waters that I cannot.With regard to the comments on guarantors, we recognise that some tenants have difficulties - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
China - Wed 15 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) further.I am looking at trying to develop a coherent set of ideas, not only in this speech but with the - Speech Link
2: Mark Logan (Con - Bolton North East) Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely), I have not prepared a very thorough speech, but I am - Speech Link
3: Andrew Mitchell (Con - Sutton Coldfield) and language in Tibet and systematic violations in Xinjiang. - Speech Link

Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None Research by CWJ and others has made it clear that law reform is needed to address the difficulties faced - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) , and may have other learning difficulties and other disabilities. - Speech Link
3: Diana Johnson (Lab - Kingston upon Hull North) Friend the Member for Swansea East (Carolyn Harris), and I commend her for her speech and for setting - Speech Link
4: Maria Miller (Con - Basingstoke) The speech from the right hon. - Speech Link
5: Robert Neill (Con - Bromley and Chislehurst) Friend the Member for Romsey and Southampton North (Caroline Nokes) spoke to, and the powerful speech - Speech Link

Scottish Parliament Select Committee
This report sets out the Committee's views in relation to Additional Support for Learning and how the Education (Additional Support for Learning) (Scotland) Act 2004 Act is working in practice 20 years on.
 Additional Support for Learning inquiry

Report May. 15 2024

Committee: Education, Children and Young People Committee

Found: Learning inquiry This report sets out the Committee's views in relation to Additional Support for Learning and

Select Committee
Kalayaan
 MSA0089 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: submissions about issues facing migrant domestic workers in the UK, as well as barriers and difficulties