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- Disability Discrimination Bill [HL] (6 Dec 2004)
Lord Addington: ...this House in getting where we are today. I have always felt that disability legislation is a little like a snowball; it needs the odd push but as it gets bigger and we go through the process changes will come. The first steps are always the most difficult in any journey. It is said here that every time we have taken the matter on a little further we have been able to do more. Also I...
- Deafblind Persons Bill [H.L.] (14 Apr 2000)
Lord Addington: ...have shows that certain groups of people are three times more likely to be deafblind than others. As I said previously, that is probably due to genetic conditions caused by years of living in other climates and so on. Communication is clearly a problem. The issue is how best to deal with it. The Government say--I paraphrase--that this should be happening already. Members of the Committee...
