House of Commons - Welfare Reform Bill (Consideration of Lords Amendments)
Cable welcomes the Lords amendments to the Welfare Reform Bill but warns of difficulties in assessing the capability to work of people with mental conditions.
8 May 2007
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House of Commons (Westminster Hall) - Disabled Children
Burstow calls for the end to the inconsistent provision of services for disabled children and calls for funding to meet the communication needs of disabled children.
8 May 2007
Banks face action over dyslexia
A man with severe dyslexia has launched a legal challenge against two High Street banks about the way they communicate with disabled customers. Robert Neil from Norfolk has difficulty understanding written words and figures, and says he has paid thousands of pounds in bank charges. He says he now has a bad credit rating after becoming inadvertently overdrawn.
8 May 2007
'Changes needed' in social care
An overhaul in social care with more state-funded support for the most vulnerable is needed, a survey says. Social care is effectively means-tested in the UK apart from Scotland where personal care is provided free. But a poll of 2,306 found most people were against the current arrangements, although many accepted some individual contribution may be needed.
8 May 2007
Long wait for coeliac diagnosis
People with coeliac disease are waiting an average of 13 years to be diagnosed, a poll has revealed. The gut disorder is caused by gluten intolerance, and can lead to bone problems, infertility or bowel cancer. The charity Coeliac UK says some of the 800 patients surveyed reported seeing their GP almost 30 times before being diagnosed. But it says the condition can be easily detected by GPs using a quick and simple blood test.
8 May 2007
Gene therapy first for poor sight
A team at London's Moorfields Eye Hospital has made the world's first attempt to treat a sight disorder using gene therapy.
1 May 2007