"My Lords, the Mental Capacity Act 2005 assumes capacity until proved otherwise. However, many people with learning disabilities have neither the ability nor the capacity to make life-changing or even death-making decisions. Under the Bill, because they are chronologically adults, they are not permitted to have anybody with them when …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as chair of Team Domenica. The people who most need safeguarding from these AI chatbots are those with learning disabilities. In Brighton and Hove, we work closely with the police, who train our candidates how to be safe online. Will the Minister consider special …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"I thank the Minister for her response, but the fact remains that only 5% of people with learning disabilities are in paid employment. Will the Minister agree to giving businesses an exemption or a remission from the employers’ national insurance contribution for this cohort, whose lives would be transformed by …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"To ask His Majesty’s Government, following reports of the dismissal by Waitrose of a volunteer with autism, what steps they are taking to ensure employers are encouraged to support people with disabilities into employment...." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as chair and founder of Team Domenica.
When I joined your Lordships’ House, I vowed to speak only on things that I knew about, so your Lordships might be surprised to see me on my feet for this licensing Bill. However, in a few …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"My Lords, I am deeply concerned about the process—or lack of it—around Clause 191, which was tacked to the end of an unrelated Bill via a Back-Bench amendment in the Commons, with just 46 minutes of Back-Bench debate. Many MPs wanting to speak were unable to; this is not a …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interest as set out in the register as chair of Team Domenica. Many people with learning disabilities can live in supported living, but the more vulnerable need intentional communities, which parents across the country tell me that the CQC is trying to close down. Does …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"My Lords, I declare my interests as chair of Team Domenica and patron of the Acorns Children’s Hospice.
In 2018, along with two other mothers of young adults with learning disabilities, I took a test case to the High Court to challenge the way in which the Mental Capacity Act …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech
"My Lords, I support the amendment from my noble friend Lord Parkinson. “Peer” comes from the Latin word par, which means “equal”, and in this House, wherever we sit, we are all equal. We have a shared experience; we are here with a common purpose to scrutinise legislation and serve …..." Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest - View Speech