Toilet Facilities: People with Disabilities Debate

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Toilet Facilities: People with Disabilities

Alison Thewliss Excerpts
Tuesday 17th January 2017

(7 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Jonathan Reynolds Portrait Jonathan Reynolds
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I absolutely agree. This is a fantastic scheme, but as the hon. Lady says, in those 10 years we have secured fewer than 1,000—just 914—registered Changing Places toilets in the UK. I echo the calls of campaigners to make this 1,000 before the end of this year.

Alison Thewliss Portrait Alison Thewliss (Glasgow Central) (SNP)
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I thank the hon. Gentleman for being so generous with his time. He mentioned the Trafford Centre and new buildings. Does he agree that there might be a place for new buildings to have this as part of the building regulations, so that developments over a certain size would have to have a facility such as a Changing Places toilet?

Jonathan Reynolds Portrait Jonathan Reynolds
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I would love to see that. We could then start to guarantee that there would be substantial increases year on year.