Disabled People: Mobility Benefits Debate

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Department: Department for Work and Pensions

Disabled People: Mobility Benefits

Baroness Grey-Thompson Excerpts
Monday 2nd December 2013

(10 years, 11 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Grey-Thompson Portrait Baroness Grey-Thompson (CB)
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My Lords, I declare an interest in that I am in receipt of DLA but not of a Motability car. Regardless of whether the Government know the figures of who will be affected, this will affect a significant number of people. I travelled on a train this morning from Darlington to London. There were two spaces for wheelchairs and no accessible toilet on board. Can the Minister explain what consultation there has been with other government departments to ensure that when this huge number of people is affected, the public transport system will be able to cope?

Lord Freud Portrait Lord Freud
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My Lords, we have had a very thorough consultation on this. I cannot bring to mind right now the exact level of consultation with the transport department. I will need to write to the noble Baroness with that information.