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Proceeding contribution from Baroness Morgan of Drefelin (Crossbench) in the House of Lords on Wednesday, 14 December 2011. It occurred during Debate on bill on Welfare Reform Bill.


Welfare Reform Bill

When we look at the Macmillan recommendations, we can see that they take into account that people respond in a range of ways. In the recommendations that the charity made to the Harrington review, they came up with a lot of detail, and I could read it all out. No—I will not read it all out, but I could. The point that I want to make is that a consensus process was gone through at the request of a government review. We could all pick out little bits of that wide range of opinion that we do not want to promote, but that was not what the charity did. It published it all, which now allows the Government to pick bits out that suit the argument. But the overall conclusion by the experts and the consensus statement was that, for the majority of cancer patients going through specific cancer treatments—and it is not all chemotherapy; we are not talking about long-term oral chemotherapy here—it is more likely than not that they would experience debilitating effects.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
733 c1382 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
Subjects
Disability Childcare Benefits rules Carers Cancer Criminal injuries compensation Housing benefit Domestic abuse Exemptions Interviews Landlords Medical treatments Payments Private rented housing Social security benefits Working hours Social rented housing Self-employed Consumer prices index Housing occupancy Shared housing Employment and support allowance Universal credit Severe disability premium
Legislation
Welfare Reform Bill 2010-12
Link
View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk