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Building Schools for the Future
Monday 14th February 2011

(13 years, 3 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Bercow Portrait Mr Speaker
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Order. I am extremely grateful to the Minister.

Anne McGuire Portrait Mrs Anne McGuire (Stirling) (Lab)
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Given that transport facilities offered by residential care establishments normally relate to social and care needs, not independent choice, could the Minister explain how the removal of disability living allowance from those in residential care is consistent with article 20 of the United Nations convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, to which this country is a signatory? Has she assessed her policy against the commitment to the convention?

Maria Miller Portrait Maria Miller
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I can assure the right hon. Lady that we have assessed our policies in the right ways. I reiterate what I have said to her before, which is that the policy is trying to remove overlaps, not mobility.

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