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Proceeding contribution from Lord Newton of Braintree (Conservative) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 23 March 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Public Bodies Bill [HL].

Public Bodies Bill [HL]

I had not really thought about mentioning Ipswich until I got up, but it is not just disabled people who are affected. I once stood on one side of Ipswich station with a lady with a baby in a pushchair who could not use the stairs and a woman with a suitcase nearly as big as she was who could not use the stairs, either. I do not think that the other two wanted to go to London, but I did—and I stood and watched the London train come in and I stood and watched the London train go out. This is just not sensible in this day and age. It is not just disabled people who are affected.

Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
726 c779 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Complaints Access Disability Consumers Agriculture Assets Closures Finance Environment protection Hazardous substances Ministerial powers Protection Pay Property transfer Minimum wage Public bodies Property Mergers Pesticides Non-departmental public bodies Scotland Tribunals Training Transport Regulation Safety Wales Valuation Rural areas Science Security guards Agricultural Wages Board Citizens Advice Advisory Committee on Pesticides Disabled Persons Transport Advisory Committee Plant Varieties and Seeds Tribunal Security Industry Authority Valuation Tribunal Service Citizens' advice bureaux Commission for Rural Communities East Midlands Development Agency Citizens Advice Scotland Consumer Focus Local enterprise partnerships Advisory Committee on Hazardous Substances Advisory Committee on Pesticides for Northern Ireland
Legislation
Public Bodies Bill (HL) 2010-12
Link
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