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Commons Chamber
Cost of Living Support: Carshalton and Wallington - Thu 11 Jan 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Elliot Colburn (Con - Carshalton and Wallington) Older people, who have weaved so much into the social fabric of our communities, have to contend with - Speech Link
2: Bim Afolami (Con - Hitchin and Harpenden) the disability cost of living payment. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Cost of Living in Scotland - Tue 09 Jan 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) We know that there is evidence suggesting that people with a disability experience £950 a month more - Speech Link
2: David Linden (SNP - Glasgow East) We should be aware that it is an area with a lot of older residents. - Speech Link
3: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) Government have put in place to support all households with the rising cost of living, including the older - Speech Link
4: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) cost of living payments have been made to date, with about 18,200 individuals already eligible for disability - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Oral Answers to Questions - Mon 18 Dec 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Jo Churchill (Con - Bury St Edmunds) groups for green jobs and for disability access. - Speech Link
2: Chris Elmore (Lab - Ogmore) will be on health and disability benefits by 2028-29. - Speech Link
3: Paul Maynard (Con - Blackpool North and Cleveleys) I know that Mrs Garrard will not be the only older resident in the country concerned about energy prices - Speech Link
4: Virginia Crosbie (Con - Ynys Môn) sickness and disability to return to work. - Speech Link


General Committees
Draft Higher-Risk Buildings (Keeping and Provision of Information etc.) (England) Regulations 2023 - Wed 13 Dec 2023
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Mike Amesbury (Lab - Weaver Vale) I was the shadow Housing Minister who took it through the Public Bill Committee and Report stage, and - Speech Link
2: Meg Hillier (LAB - Hackney South and Shoreditch) Sometimes, temporary disability is an issue. - Speech Link
3: Lee Rowley (Con - North East Derbyshire) Again, we will need to review that as we go through to ensure that it works.On the point about older - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Copper Wire Telecoms - Wed 13 Dec 2023
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) have seen from the telecommunications companies.There are particular concerns about availability for older - Speech Link
2: Carol Monaghan (SNP - Glasgow North West) Older buildings can be difficult, because of the thickness of the walls. - Speech Link
3: Chris Bryant (Lab - Rhondda) who are more vulnerable than others in relation to age, disability, physical and mental health, and - Speech Link
4: John Whittingdale (Con - Maldon) Social Care and the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities to discuss what more can be - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Love Matters (Archbishops’ Commission on Families and Households Report) - Fri 08 Dec 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) This again is particularly important where people are newly single, typically at older ages, and have - Speech Link
2: Lord Mann (Non-affiliated - Life peer) There was lots of mining housing, big family-size housing. People could get that housing. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Twycross (Lab - Life peer) mouldy bedding or broken beds.My noble friend Lord Davies highlighted the need to consider older people - Speech Link
4: Lord Archbishop of Canterbury (Bshp - Bishops) then face a disability or illness. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Elderly and Vulnerable People: Loneliness and Isolation - Wed 06 Dec 2023
Department for Business and Trade

Mentions:
1: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) others who would work in the home—and support to get the most efficient and appropriate housing. - Speech Link
2: Derek Thomas (Con - St Ives) many older people aren’t computer-savvy. - Speech Link
3: Patricia Gibson (SNP - North Ayrshire and Arran) or friends, friends moving away, or disability. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
National Health Service: 75th Anniversary - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department of Health and Social Care

Mentions:
1: Lord Lexden (Con - Life peer) This callous decision will blight the lives of tens of thousands of people with pain and disability and - Speech Link
2: Baroness Crawley (Lab - Life peer) , including older people and their families waiting in bewilderment for dementia diagnosis and support - Speech Link
3: Lord Davies of Brixton (Lab - Life peer) learning disability sites built pre-1948—older than the NHS itself—compared to about half of that in - Speech Link
4: Baroness Donaghy (Lab - Life peer) job due to long-term pain and disability. - Speech Link
5: Baroness Merron (Lab - Life peer) But, sadly, growing numbers of older people are experiencing poverty, discrimination and poor health - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Benefit Claimants: Free Prescriptions - Thu 30 Nov 2023
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) Another group of drugs taken by huge numbers of people, particularly older members of society, is statins - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) on sickness and disability benefits and that that will put spending up 75%. - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) They have no housing or child elements attached to their claim. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Autumn Statement 2023 - Wed 29 Nov 2023
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Lea of Lymm (Con - Life peer) disability, and the long-term unemployed. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Vere of Norbiton (Con - Life peer) disability, and the long-term unemployed. - Speech Link
3: Lord Willetts (Con - Life peer) It is also clearly a state focused on expenditure, services and benefits for older people and doing far - Speech Link
4: Lord Jackson of Peterborough (Con - Life peer) from young people to older people is unfair, unsustainable and, frankly, cynical politics. - Speech Link