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Motion that this House has considered Disability History Month. Agreed to on question.

Lead member
Jen Craft
Answering member
Stephen Timms; Helen Whately
Department
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Backbench debates
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc423-405WH
House
House of Commons

I beg to move,

That this House has considered Disability History Month.

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Mark, and I am grateful to the members of the Backbench Business Committee for allowing time for this important and timely debate.

As a disabled woman and mother to a disabled...

Member
Jen Craft (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc423-386WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for setting the scene so well on a subject that we all engage with every day in our constituencies. I believe, as I think we all do, that we should encourage those who wish to work, and might not have had...

Member
Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc384-8WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing this debate, during which we can reflect on the treatment of disabled people in the past and on how we can learn from the experiences of...

Member
Sarah Coombes (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc388-390WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on securing this debate. Derby has the largest number of deaf people outside of London, which I am sure is in no small part because we are privileged...

Member
Catherine Atkinson (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc391-2WH
House
House of Commons

May I begin by congratulating the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on securing the debate and leading it with such a wealth of knowledge and experience? I think we all benefited greatly from her presentation. This is a slightly unusual debate, because it is the first one that I...

Member
Julian Lewis (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc392-4WH
House
House of Commons

Sorry. I remember once, before I knew it would come right—as it finally did—walking past the Palace of Westminster and thinking ruefully, “To think I thought I would ever get to be a Member of Parliament!” I got over that problem, and I did get to be a Member of...

Member
Julian Lewis (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 c395WH
House
House of Commons

It is an honour to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. As many people know, I am an ear, nose, and throat surgeon, with a special interest in hearing loss and ear diseases. That has been my life’s work, so I declare a big interest in this subject.

Deafness and hearing...

Member
Peter Prinsley (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 c395WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on securing this debate during Disability History Month. As someone with a disability herself, she will likely

know that everyday life can be so much harder for those with a...

Member
Helen Whately (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc396-9WH
House
House of Commons

I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) on initiating this

debate and on her speech. We have been reminded that Disability History Month was inaugurated by an early-day motion in this House in 2010, of which...

Member
Stephen Timms (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc399-402WH
House
House of Commons

indicated assent.

Member
Catherine Atkinson (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 c402WH
House
House of Commons

It was a very good event. I made some rather poor efforts to address the group in British Sign Language—my first attempt. I know that she will be pleased—I am sure the hon. Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Alison Griffiths) will be as well—to know that we are committed...

Member
Stephen Timms (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 c402WH
House
House of Commons

It is fantastic to hear about all that the Government are doing on disability. My right hon. Friend the Minister will know that many disabled people rely on family and friends to provide care and support to enable them to have a full life—to participate in work, school and other...

Member
Anna Dixon (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 c402WH
House
House of Commons

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for her point and can certainly give her the assurance that she seeks. As she knows, in the Budget we made an important improvement to the arrangements for carer’s allowance through the commitment that the earnings threshold for carer’s allowance will be increased...

Member
Stephen Timms (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc402-4WH
House
House of Commons

I thank the hon. Members who have taken part in the debate. I also thank my hon. Friend the Member for Battersea (Marsha De Cordova) who was instrumental in securing the debate, and her and her team for their help in the preparation of my speech.

I will reflect on some...

Member
Jen Craft (Labour)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc404-5WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark, and to contribute to this important debate, which I thank the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing. She made many important points, some of which I will also mention.

As has already been said, the theme of this...

Member
Alison Griffiths (Conservative)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc390-1WH
House
House of Commons

It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark.

I pay tribute to the hon. Member for Thurrock (Jen Craft) for securing the debate. Her speech covered a lot of ground, and she paid warm tribute to campaigners in her constituency and beyond. She told the story, with great...

Member
Olly Glover (Liberal Democrat)
Type
Proceeding contributions
Date
12 December 2024
Reference
758 cc395-7WH
House
House of Commons

A Westminster Hall debate on Disability History Month is scheduled for Thursday 12 December 2024 at 1.30pm. The debate will be led by Jen Craft MP.

Type
Commons Debate packs
Date
11 December 2024
Reference
CDP-2024-0173

That this House recognises that 16 November to 16 December 2023 is Disability History Month, which is now in its fourteenth year of being celebrated in the UK; notes that Disability History Month is a month to celebrate disabled people and champion their abilities and rights; further notes that this...

Primary sponsor
Lisa Cameron (Conservative)
Type
Early day motions
Date
7 November 2023
Reference
19
House
House of Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department is taking steps to promote UK Disability History Month.

Asked by
Alex Sobel (Labour; Co-operative Party)
Answering body
Department for Work and Pensions
Type
Written questions
Status
Answered
Date
23 May 2023
Reference
185089
House
House of Commons