Debates between Caroline Dinenage and Tom Pursglove during the 2015-2017 Parliament

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Debate between Caroline Dinenage and Tom Pursglove
Thursday 8th December 2016

(7 years, 6 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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T2. Research from Guide Dogs has shown that 42% of surveyed assistance dog owners were refused carriage by a taxi driver in the past year, despite its being illegal. Ministers in the Department for Transport are showing great determination to address this wholly unacceptable discrimination, including through enforcement and education. What will the Minister’s Department do to support these efforts?

Caroline Dinenage Portrait The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Women and Equalities (Caroline Dinenage)
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Assistance dogs are vital to the independence of many disabled people, and their continual refusal by a minority of taxi and private hire vehicle drivers is inexcusable. I am grateful to the Under-Secretary of State for Transport, my hon. Friend the Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough (Andrew Jones), for his commitment to addressing this issue and eliminating this discrimination. My hon. Friend makes a profound case, and my Department will do all it can to support this important work.

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Debate between Caroline Dinenage and Tom Pursglove
Thursday 2nd July 2015

(8 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Caroline Dinenage Portrait Caroline Dinenage
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We have made enormous progress on that and a third of the Cabinet is now female. I do not like the idea of quotas—I may speak for myself on that—and I do not like anybody thinking that the women in Parliament or in our Cabinet are there only because we took men out of the equation. We know that all women in Parliament and in our Cabinet are there under their own merits.

Tom Pursglove Portrait Tom Pursglove (Corby) (Con)
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What steps are the Government taking to promote mentoring and positive role models to encourage greater participation in public life across all sectors?

Caroline Dinenage Portrait Caroline Dinenage
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Mentoring can play a fantastic role in all areas of public life and business. The Meet a Mentor scheme across the UK is encouraging women into business, and I would like such schemes to be extended to other areas of public and political life.