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Disabled peer makes Lords history as she warns government over EHRC

22/11/2012 – 3:00 pm

A disabled peer has become the first member of the House of Lords to deliver a speech during a debate with the help of a personal assistant (PA).
Baroness [Jane] Campbell used the historic occasion to speak in defence of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC), during the second reading of the government’s enterprise and [...]

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Disabled peer set to make history in Lords after ‘uplifting’ decision

06/08/2012 – 9:00 am

A pioneering disabled activist will make history this autumn when she becomes the first peer to be allowed to take a personal assistant (PA) into the main chamber of the House of Lords during debates.
Baroness [Jane] Campbell has been told by fellow peers – with none of them voting against the move – that she [...]

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