Personal Independence Payment: Regulations Debate

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Helen Goodman

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Pension Schemes Bill [Lords]
Wednesday 29th March 2017

(7 years, 8 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Debbie Abrahams Portrait Debbie Abrahams
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I totally agree with my hon. Friend. My hon. Friend the Member for Bishop Auckland (Helen Goodman) has given a very moving account of how one of her constituents was affected and, unfortunately, took their own life last week.

Helen Goodman Portrait Helen Goodman (Bishop Auckland) (Lab)
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Does my hon. Friend agree that the Government seem to be in a place where the NHS is catching up with the need to treat mental health conditions properly, but other public services, whether they be the Department for Work and Pensions or the Prison Service, are simply stuck in the past, and that this must change?

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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. The situation makes an absolute mockery of the claim that there is parity of esteem. She rightly mentions what the NHS is trying to do, but sadly there are still issues with treatment for mental health conditions.

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