Debates between Kemi Badenoch and Paul Maynard during the 2019-2024 Parliament

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Debate between Kemi Badenoch and Paul Maynard
Wednesday 26th October 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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We will undertake all due assessments on fiscal statements, as we regularly do over the course of things.

Paul Maynard Portrait Paul Maynard  (Blackpool  North  and Cleveleys) (Con)
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T8.   The Government rightly want to see more disabled people in employment, but what more can the Minister say about encouraging in-work progression for those with a disability and, most importantly, getting more disabled representation on company boards to drive wider corporate change in business?

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Kemi Badenoch and Paul Maynard
Wednesday 23rd February 2022

(2 years, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Kemi Badenoch Portrait Kemi Badenoch
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I am reassured by one of my colleagues that that is not the case. Individual circumstances are taken into account. I am sure that if the hon. Lady writes to us, we shall be able to provide more details in order to correct the record.

Paul Maynard Portrait Paul Maynard  (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con)
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T2.   As the Minister will know, a hate crime occurs when a crime is committed and is aggravated by the victim’s protected characteristic, yet in recent weeks we have seen the existence of a statue described as a hate crime, along with the sale of Midget Gems in a supermarket. Neither is a crime, let alone a hate crime. Does the Minister agree that trivialising such incidents and misrepresenting hate crime will make victims of disability hate crime less likely to report those crimes?