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APPG on LD

Here you can keep up-to-date with all my work supporting disabled people, including in my role as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability. 

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APPG Voting

Helping people exercise their right to vote

Wednesday, 27 September, 2017

One of my roles in Parliament is acting as the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Learning Disability - a role to which I was recently re-elected.

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Supporting disabled people

Wednesday, 22 February, 2017

One of my roles in Parliament is acting as the Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Learning Disability. In this role, I work closely with Mencap, the leading voice on learning disability, to support people with a learning disability, their families and their carers.

Questioning the Health Secretary on mental health support

Tuesday, 10 January, 2017

Earlier this week, I asked the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, a question on the support provided to small businesses to help get people with mental health problems into or back into work.

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Questioning the Secretary of State for Health on learning disability deaths

Thursday, 15 December, 2016

This week, I asked the Secretary of State for Health, Jeremy Hunt MP, to put on record the findings of the Care Quality Commission (CQC) report into how NHS hospitals investigate the deaths of people in their care, with specific attention to the very poor record of investigating the deaths of tho

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First meeting of APPG on Learning Disability

Thursday, 8 December, 2016

Earlier this week, I hosted my first meeting as Chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group on Learning Disability, which I was elected to in November.

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International Day of Persons With Disabilities

Wednesday, 7 December, 2016

Saturday 3rd December was the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (IDPD), a United Nations project celebrated annually.

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Elected as Chair of the APPG on learning disability

Tuesday, 1 November, 2016

This afternoon, I was elected chair of the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on learning disability.

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Getting more disabled people into work, post-Brexit

Wednesday, 12 October, 2016

This is the transcript of an article I wrote for The Times, on 11th October 2016, which you can see here. 

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