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My Lords, does my noble friend agree that many service personnel are still getting much less than civilians for the same kind of disability, which cannot be right? Failure to hold a thorough review of the issue will lie with the Government and nobody else. There has to be an urgent review of all benefits for civilians and the armed services. Can my noble friend help on that?
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
12 November 2008
Reference
705 c652
House
House of Lords
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for that response, but does he agree that the law relating to disabled people and VAT contains some ridiculous anomalies? One among many examples is that if a disabled person decides to widen his doorway to make it accessible, he qualifies for zero-rated VAT, but if that same man decides to have a new doorway made to aid accessibility, he has to pay VAT at17.5 per cent. I do not see the sense in that. This kind of absurd anomaly damages disabled people because it is so unfair to them. What we require now is urgent government action. Can my noble friend say whether we will get some government action with not too many ifs and buts? This has been going on for far too long and I would like a clear, straight answer on the urgent action needed to resolve this problem.
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
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Answered
Date
1 May 2007
Reference
691 c955
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether representations they have made to the BBC concerning the need for the programme BBC Parliament to be fully accessible to people who rely on television subtitles.

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 February 2007
Reference
1590; 689 c111-2WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether it is their policy actively to encourage all broadcasters to exceed their legal minimum requirements for subtitling and audio description as set by Ofcom.

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
5 February 2007
Reference
1589; 689 c112WA
House
House of Lords

asked Her Majesty's Government:Whether they will give an assurance that the digital switchover will not lead to extra difficulties for deaf and hard of hearing and visually impaired people in receiving or accessing television access services.

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
1 February 2007
Reference
1588; 689 c82WA
House
House of Lords

Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill (HL). Lords Second reading debate. Agreed to on question and committed to a Committee of the Whole House.

Lead member
Lord Ashley of Stoke
Answering member
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon
Department
Department of Health
Type
Debates on bills
Date
15 December 2006
Reference
687 c1791-818
House
House of Lords
My Lords, is my noble friend aware that the ending of funding in government departments for Access to Work is regretted by some people and resented by many more because of the damage it does to jobs for disabled people in government departments? Does he not feel that disabled people who work in government departments are entitled to the same help with their work as people elsewhere? If so, he should withdraw this change in policy because it means that disabled people are going to suffer very greatly. Will he explain to the House how the Government reconcile their view that this change is necessary with their definite policy statement that 1 million disabled people should be taken off incapacity benefit and put into work?
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
6 November 2006
Reference
686 c592-3
House
House of Lords
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that people without speech and communication, especially children, suffer horrendous difficulties, compounded by loneliness? The Government gave £21 million in the past five years to help such people. That was regarded as a vital supplement. What is the difference between the past five years and the next five years? Why has the supplement now become not so vital?
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
27 March 2006
Reference
680 c538
House
House of Lords

What are the obligations for subtitling programmes on all television channels; and to what extent these have been carried out since they were imposed. [HL 1360]. - Including ref to Ofcom, code on television access services, in Library.

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 March 2005
Reference
HL 1360; 670 c27WA
House
House of Lords

What representations they are making to the British Broadcasting Corporation about its parliamentary channel covering parliamentary proceedings not being subtitled. [HL 1361].

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
2 March 2005
Reference
HL 1361; 670 c27WA
House
House of Lords
Whether they have studied Ofcom's proposals for the future of subtitling television programmes.
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2004
Reference
661 c137-8
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on same.
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
11 May 2004
Reference
661 c137-8
House
House of Lords

Which factors influenced the change in cost of digital hearing aids from a selling price of £2,500 to £70 for the National Health Service. [HL 545].

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
7 January 2004
Reference
HL 545; 656 c49-50WA
House
House of Lords

What steps they have taken to ensure that money they intended for disability equipment is going to equipment services; and what discussions they have held with the National Audit Commission about disability equipment; and with what results; and whether they have consulted with the relevant disability organisations' complaints about disability...

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
22 July 2002
Reference
HL 5145; 638 c24-5WA
House
House of Lords

Whether there has been an significant improvement in disability equipment since the National Audit Commission's report. [HL 5144].

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 July 2002
Reference
HL 5144; 637 c177WA
House
House of Lords

What machinery has been established to monitor the quality of disability equipment. [HL 5148].

Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
18 July 2002
Reference
HL 5148; 637 c177-8WA
House
House of Lords

Lords debate on unstarred question on subtitling of television programmes.

Lead member
Lord Ashley of Stoke
Answering member
Lord Davies of Oldham
Department
Department for Education and Skills
Type
Questions for short debate
Date
11 July 2001
Reference
626 c1157-70
House
House of Lords

Lords debate on motion to call attention to the recent Audit Commission report on the provision by the National Health Service of specialist disability equipment. Motion withdrawn.

Lead member
Lord Ashley of Stoke
Answering member
Earl Howe
Department
Department of Health
Type
Parliamentary proceedings
Date
12 April 2000
Reference
612 c237-59
House
House of Lords
How many people in the United Kingdom are both deaf and blind, and how many of them have communication guides.
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - Lead
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 1997
Reference
577 c1129-31
House
House of Lords
1st supplementary on need for local authorities to set up communicator guide schemes.
Asked by
Lord Ashley of Stoke (Labour)
Oral questions - 1st Supplementary
Status
Answered
Date
29 January 1997
Reference
577 c1129-31
House
House of Lords