"My Lords, I want to pick up on a couple of points that have been debated this afternoon, and those raised by the noble Lord, Weir, on the impact on disabled people. I seem to have completely failed in all the debates to get across the fear that disabled people …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
We are using old data or data that is incomplete. The data I found, which is from 2017-18, showed that 139,500 women and 74,300 men aged 60 to 74 experienced domestic abuse. Those are huge numbers. Hourglass estimates that 2.7 million older …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I have two amendments in this group, the first of which is Amendment 125. I am concerned because the Bill as it stands leaves the responsibility of appointing the commissioner to the Prime Minister alone, with no guarantee of the usual safeguards that are applied to public appointments. …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, the noble Lord, Lord Moylan, and the noble Baroness, Lady Fraser, raised some interesting points in this group of amendments. I do not have the noble Lord’s experience of local councils—I declare that I am president of the LGA, but that is largely an honorary role—but I have …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I covered Amendment 17A, in my name, in Committee, so I will be brief.
Currently, the vast majority of cigarette butts are made of cellulose acetate, and each cigarette butt contains around two straws-worth of plastic. Globally, around 6 trillion cigarettes are smoked each year, with 4.5 trillion …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I rise to speak to Amendment 119 in my name and that of my noble friend Baroness Hollins. This seeks to insert a new clause to provide a mental capacity assessment for people with learning difficulties, and to have a clearer view of who would be able to …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"My Lords, I have added my name to Amendments 82 and 83A, in the name of the noble Lord, Lord Polak. I note that Amendment 83, which was tabled by my noble friend Lady Murphy and the noble Baroness, Lady Noakes, has been withdrawn. It would have extended the period …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"I just wanted to clarify what the noble and learned Lord said. He said, as I understand it, that he did not support these amendments because they would mean that a dying person would have to make difficult decisions. Is requesting assisted suicide not a difficult decision, which they would …..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech
"May I ask the noble and learned Lord for his help? What should I say to people such as Tommy Bishop, and others, who have asked for extra protections in the Bill? Can I tell them that they will be safe?..." Baroness Grey-Thompson - View Speech