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Lords Chamber
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
Committee stage - Fri 06 Feb 2026
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) Amendment 102 seeks to ensure that dementia is recognised as a disability and not in itself a terminal - Speech Link
2: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) This is quite a minor point, but “person with a disability” does not exist in law. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) My Lords, many points have been made around the Chamber about disability. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Youth Unemployment - Thu 05 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Young of Cookham (Con - Life peer) Alan Milburn, the Government’s employment tsar, who said:“We’re spending more money on health and disability - Speech Link


Grand Committee
English Devolution and Community Empowerment Bill
Committee stage - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab - Life peer) urge the Government to look at the outcomes at the moment for those who depend on wheelchairs and disability - Speech Link
2: Lord Shinkwin (Con - Life peer) households containing one or more disabled people—is estimated to be worth £274 billion; on the disability - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Insurance Contributions (Employer Pensions Contributions) Bill - Wed 04 Feb 2026
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Lord Leigh of Hurley (Con - Life peer) Spending on health and disability benefits alone is forecast to reach nearly £100 billion by 2030, and - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Armed Conflict: Children - Wed 04 Feb 2026
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Monica Harding (LD - Esher and Walton) In turn, that is leading to high rates of disability; many children have had hands and legs amputated.These - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Ninth sitting)
Committee stage: 9th sitting - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Laurence Turner (Lab - Birmingham Northfield) Our understanding of disability has changed since the legislation was passed, and we would not want to - Speech Link
2: Keir Mather (Lab - Selby) groups’ accessing rail travel, and they are covered by the protected characteristics of age and disability - Speech Link
3: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) It is extraordinary that the Government say, on the one hand, that age and disability need to be included - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Universal Credit (Removal of Two Child Limit) Bill
2nd reading - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Helen Whately (Con - Faversham and Mid Kent) Health and disability benefits alone are set to reach £100 billion by the end of the decade—more than - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Friend the Minister for Social Security and Disability at the helm as well. - Speech Link
3: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) Spending on health and disability benefits alone is set to hit £100 billion a year by the end of the - Speech Link
4: James Frith (Lab - Bury North) proud to stand in support of this Bill, and of the work that the Minister for Social Security and Disability - Speech Link
5: Sam Rushworth (Lab - Bishop Auckland) sister became a single parent, not of her choosing, and raised three children, two of whom had a disability - Speech Link


Public Bill Committees
Railways Bill (Tenth sitting) - Tue 03 Feb 2026
Department for Transport

Mentions:
1: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland and Fakenham) While I understand the additional focus that disability access requires, the current wording risks a - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage: Part 2 - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) Since 1990, we have permitted eugenic abortions on the ground of disability right up to birth. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Crime and Policing Bill
Committee stage: Part 1 - Mon 02 Feb 2026
Northern Ireland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) Clause 191 may also facilitate disability-selective abortion and sex-selective abortion, placing unborn - Speech Link