Sickness and Disability campaigners didn't appear overnight....

A regular commenter on my blog, Robert, just reminded me that people like him have been saying the same things about ESA and Work Capability Assessments and politics for years.

(In fact, I have too, but less successfully than Robert :)

He posted this on my blog and it's definitely worth reading. People like Robert and 100s of others have been telling us all about this stuff for years.

Hopefully, we're starting to listen.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/7240982.stm

Channel 4 and Disability campaigning today

So today, after nearly killing myself at Labour Conference, I had to get to London and go to film a short piece for Channel 4 on "Welfare : Corrosive or a Vital part of Democracy"

It was one of those 3 minute segments that goes out after Channel 4 News, where someone talks at the camera and gives an "opinion". They say it'll be aired in around 6 weeks (I imagine to coincide with the 3rd reading of the Welfare Reform Bill in the Lords) so I'll keep you informed on when to watch.

Having organised the whole thing last week, during Labour conference, I didn't really have any time to think about what I would say and as every woman knows, it ought to have taken at least a week to decide what to wear. I didn't even have time to do a load of washing, so after Dave had helped me exhausted into bed, he spent an hour searching for "you know, that one with the scoop neck" and "the top I wore to Sam and Anna's wedding" "you remember the gold sparkly one". Clearly, I never get time to tidy, so he was picking clothes up from the floor for approval.

In the end, the criteria were so tight (no white, no spots or patterns) I had to wear a pair of my friends's red trousers two sizes too big for me, pinned at the back.

I whipped myself into some kind of presentable state (Note to self : No jeans if you are to defend Welfare) whipped myself to get to the station, whipped myself to survive as far as London, whipped myself into a taxi and stumbled blearily into a small TV studio near Covent Garden.

Probably the most interesting part of the day was canvassing the opinions of the two taxi drivers. Both utterly supported their tax money going to sick and disabled people. Emphatically in fact. One had a mother on DLA, the other a mother with bi-polar. (Note to politicians 1 : Everyone knows someone who is genuinely sick or disabled too!) They both independently suggested that benefits should be immediately available when a person was having a period when they were unable to work, so that they wouldn't be frightened to try. Interesting point I thought. Strange they both said it.

The interview itself went OK I think, though it passes in a blur and I can't really remember anything I said. We'll see what they present when they cut 45 minutes down to 3!!

But what I'll remember is that I "met a man." Then I "met another man" and neither of them wanted people with cancer sent to the job centre or their Mum's to be mis-understood and bullied.

We can all "meet a man" Mostly they tell us what they think we want to hear.

I told them I was a sickness and disability campaigner. They told me their personal fears for people they loved.

If I'd been asking them if they liked the idea of their "hard-earned tax money" supporting "shirkers not workers" who "could work but don't" I expect they'd have thought that was a terrible idea too.

The language we use makes that all important difference.

I came home, flopped gratefully into a sofa and turned on Channel 4 News, delighted that I'd got through the week alive, at last.

Just in time, in fact, to see Katie Razzle do a very good piece indeed on ATOS, the private company who conduct medical tests on sick and disabled people that are so controversial. The company are also sponsoring the paralympics and the piece interviewed our very own Disabled People Against Cuts (DPAC)!!! It explained how sick and disabled people are threatening to boycott the paralympics over their controversial sponsor. Great coverage for DPAC and I believe Black Triangle have also led the way on this issue, so a huge congratulations for breaking it through so successfully in the mainstream press.

With the video of Kaliya Franklin from The Broken of Britain putting Ed Miliband on the spot at Labour conference one of the most viewed online posts on Wikio today, and his promise to speak with us soon (confirmed, I believe in messages today) this has been a really, really good day for the Disability Movement.

Ed M Handbagged by Sickness & Disability campaigner at #Lab11

At last, we have a YouTube of the question we wrote to #AskEdM !!!! You have to admit, it's an awesome question!!!! And didn't she engage him well?

Th first time we get Labour top table to clearly distinguish between "scroungers" and sick/disabled. He apologises for not making it clearer in his speeches and so he should!!!

CAN I ASK YOU TO RT, SHARE AND GENERALLY HELP US TO SEND THIS VIRAL? Even when presented with a pretty, eloquent woman in a mobility scooter, providing them with most interesting moment of conference, disability was STILL too "yucky" for the media to report. We will just have to do online what they failed to do in their "reports"

Filthy, Dirty, Politics

I will write up my experiences at Labour Conference, really I will.

Frankly the reason I haven't so far is because I haven't quite unearthed all the facts.

Currently though, take everything you suspected about politics, multiply it by an awfulness-factor of 10, dip it in something utterly stinky, stir in a good dollop of incredulity and watch this space for more information.

(I just didn't want you all to think I'd collapsed somewhere in the Mersey, never to be seen again)

Labour Conference, Monday

I've thought and thought about what to write, but so far, all I can really say is this. on every issue. From every debate I've been too.

I just hope it changes today with Ed's speech.

Labour Conference

So, here I am in that big Liverpool.

My drive was as farcical as the DWP admin department. The M6 toll road was actually closed due to an accident and after not moving at all for an hour and a half, we were diverted through Stoke and other "Northern Places" to the old M6. It took me 7 1/2 HOURS to get to the Wirral and when I did, I was good for absolutely nothing.

Kaliya Franklin, (@BendyGirl) welfare-warrior-twin had taken her life into her own hands to cook me dinner and after a pleasant few hours with her lovely neighbour, a yummy meal and a glass or two of wine I began to think that I might just make it to a few Labour-y things at conference after all.

WARNING : For the next few days, this blog will almost certainly turn into a bit of a Labour zone.

Adventures nearly always happen - Did I ever tell you about the time I found myself walking along he seafront with David Miliband? He was still Foreign Secretary, and as he made his way to the Conference Hall to make his keynote speech he spoke to me about social media campaigning as the world's media walked backwards snapping a thousand flashbulbs in our eyes. Or the time I plonked exhausted into a chair to find I was sitting next to Peter Mandleson?  You can imagine that I never waste such opportunities and hope there will be more this week.

Whoever I talk to, I will be urging them to reconsider ESA. I will be urging them to oppose Personal Independent Payments as a replacement for DLA. I will be urging them to speak a little louder and oppose a little more strongly.

However, I will also tell you who I think did a good job in their speeches - and who of course I felt didn't. An education report here, an NHS speech there - I'm sure many moments will inspire me to babble at you all.

I am Labour in my bones. It's in my DNA, runs through my family like the word "fairness" through a stick of rock. When I think they are wrong, I will say, but if I think they get it right, I will say that too.

I'll tell you what I think of Ed Miliband's speech and hopefully, this conference will be the start of a more coherent plan from Labour. Time is running out. We need a strong, confident opposition that stands up for fairness loudly, and with determination.

As the Welfare Reform Bill, the NHS bill and many others lurch gaspingly into the last stages of being made law (or should I say being forced into law?) we, the Labour party, the party that created the NHS and a compassionate welfare state must decide what we stand for and shout it from the rooftops.

Millions of people need us to.

Left Thinker of the Year? Wow! Please vote!

Astonishingly, the "Disability Rights Movement" have been nominated as "Left Thinker of the Year" by Left Foot Forward readers!!

Everyone who blogs, everyone who RTs, everyone who's ever written to their MP or lobbied the Lords or told their Nan about our fight is part of this. Everyone. Without supporters, bloggers are nothing, without supporters, no-one would know what we're trying to do.

If you'd like to you can nominate us all here. Many thanks

http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/09/left-foot-forward-most-influential-left-wing-thinker-of-the-year-2010-11-poll/

Clause 52 - PLEASE help us tell people.

Guys, we've missed something vital. Of course, we could argue that the relevant charities and the entire investigative journo population has missed something vital, but as it's clearly just us few poorly people who care.

This brilliant post, yet again by Declan Gaffney explains all. http://www.leftfootforward.org/2011/09/welfare-bill-means-testing-support-for-disabled-since-youth/

It took months and months to get things like time-limiting ESA or cutting DLA for adults in residential care high up the agenda. We don't have months now but 100s of 1000s of disabled children can't help that.

Please do what you can with this information, tweet it, cross-post it, share it, send it to the crossbench Lords I published, write to your MP, but please, this deserves as much if not more pressure than almost every other issue.

Post kindly reproduced here thanks to Declan and Left Foot Forward.

Yet another nasty in the welfare bill: Means testing support for the disabled-since-youth

On Saturday the LibDem conference passed a motion on the government’s welfare reform bill which challenged one of its most controversial aspects, the limiting of contributory Employment and Support Allowance (ESA) to one year for people assessed as capable of some ‘work-related activity’.

The aim of the motion was to ensure that those disabled people who had paid national insurance would not be forced on to means-tested benefits after an arbitrary period.

But there is another measure in the bill which will exclude large numbers of people from non-means tested entitlement which has attracted far less attention.

It is contained in clause 52 of the bill, which will prevent hundreds of thousands of young people with lifetime or early-onset disabilities from accessing contributory ESA when they reach working age, whether or not they are deemed capable of any ‘work-related activity’.

People who have been disabled since childhood will no longer be entitled to benefit in their own right as adults but will be subject to means testing based on the income of their family.

The provision that clause 52 abolishes allowed people under 20 with work-limiting conditions to be treated as if they met the national insurance contributions for ESA.

The rationale was that people with conditions that begin in childhood may never be able to accumulate sufficient contributions to entitle them to the non-means tested benefit. Even for a system which has its fair share of anomalies, this was clearly an arbitrary exclusion.

While hardly perfect, this arrangement prevented a situation where people with lifetime or early-onset conditions would generally have less favourable entitlements than people who became disabled in adulthood.

We can get a rough idea of the numbers who will affected by clause 52 and the conditions they are living with from figures on children receiving Disability Living Allowance, the non-means tested benefit which compensates for the additional costs faced by disabled people.

There are an estimated 327,000 children under 16 currently receiving DLA. By far the most important disabling condition for this group is learning disability (41%), followed by mental health problems (10%).

While not all of these children will be eligible for ESA in adulthood, and there will be many who are eligible for ESA who are not receiving Disability Living Allowance, these figures do point to one important implication of clause 52: given that around 75 per cent of 25-34 year-old DLA recipients are also on ESA, a large proportion of those affected will have learning difficulties or mental health problems at the more severe end of the spectrum.

This may help explain why a policy which will particularly affect entitlement for people with learning difficulties could look attractive from a narrow fiscal perspective, although from a broader policy persepective, the growth of claims by people with learning disabilities represents a desirableoutcome, reflecting increased life expectancy and less reliance on institutional care.

The question posed by clause 52 is why would anyone want to do this? Of course the proposal will save money: the savings could well be significant, precisely because financial support is being withdrawn from people many of whom will never be able to support themselves.

At the same time there are likely to be offsetting effects. The impacts on work incentives for other family members are likely to cut in to any fiscal savings – how many parents or partners would be as well off leaving work and claiming carer’s allowance after this change?

Some people who would otherwise have lived as part of a family will move into rented accommodation and claim housing benefit as well as possibly having greater needs for local authority support services. And demand for institutional care is likely to be swollen by those cases where independent living is not an option and where families are simply unable to meet the additional financial cost.



But even without these factors undermining any savings, and even if one completely accepted the government’s arguments for aggressive deficit reduction, there are better and worse ways of reducing public expenditure, and making long-term disabled adults dependent on their families is surely at the worse end of the range.

If they are unable to work and wish to remain in the family home, they will be imposing the burden of their maintenance on their parents and siblings. If they marry or move in with a partner, they will be bringing a huge negative dowry of long-term financial need to the relationship.

Why would we want to impose a tax on families and partners who are providing non-financial forms of support?

Why would we want more disabled adults to have to factor in the financial costs they might impose on others into critical decisions about where to live and who to live with?

Why, in a wealthy country with a functioning welfare state, should any parent ever be faced with the question of whether they can afford to have their disabled child living with them into adulthood?

I don’t believe that anyone of any political persuasion seriously believes these effects are desirable. For thirty years there has been a clear direction of policy on severe long-term disability, accepted and promoted by all the main parties: towards greater independence and community support, away from segregation, institutionalisation and enforced dependency.

Of course there will always be a need for debate about ways and means but unconditional financial support in one’s own right is one of the more uncontroversial building blocks of any strategy for greater autonomy and integration for the most severely disabled.

Clause 52 represents a major departure from the spirit of decades of progressive policy making by successive UK governments. Those who are concerned with arbitrary restrictions on contributory ESA have every reason to extend their concerns to clause 52.

Thanks to Kaliya Franklin, Richard Exell and Kate Bell for their advice on this piece. The content and opinions expressed are of course the sole responsibility of the author.

A longer version of this article is available here

See also:


• Help stop government changes to welfare penalising disabled children – Sam Royston, August 15 2011

• Why did DWP delay releasing new data until after welfare reform bill cleared Commons?– Daniel Elton, August 12th 2011

• IDS welfare reforms won’t provide the support needed to escape poverty – Kayte Lawton, May 27 2011

• Disabled people’s fight to save support “lifeline” – Dominic Browne, May 11th 2011

• Call for “anti-disability” provisions to be removed from welfare bill – Shamik Das, March 7th 2011

Madness of Being

One more sleep til Labour conference. 

BBC thing done? Check.

Ch4 thing done? Check. 

Phone repaired? exhaust mended? Check.

Shoes that aren't falling apart? Check. 

Cross bench Lords campaign posted? Check. 

Clause 52 launched as an issue? Check. 

Childcare arranged? Check

Meds all up to date?...... erm..... I'll get back to you.

Exhaustion? Beyond hideous. 

Arrangements in place to try to raise disability issues at conference? Check

Homelessness averted? Check (ish)

Forms completed for new House? Check

DLA appeal arranged? Check

Housing benefit forms on order? Check. 

This is madness. Sheer madness. My life has become a farce. Like someone is writing its script from some James Bond Villain bunker, mwahahahaha-ing to himself. 

Oh well, see you all at conference (if you're going) 

If not, and I can make my exhausted fingers type, I'll try to keep you all posted. I will be lobbying, cajoling, flirting and generally using anything at my disposal to raise sickness and disability issues with those that ought to listen. 

Wish me luck and a whole cutlery drawer of extra spoons!**

**http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory-written-by-christine-miserandino/

Campaign : Contact a Crossbench Lord

Many thanks to DarkestAngel for writing this post 

"As you may be aware, the Welfare Reform Bill passed its second reading
 in the House of Lords and has now moved onto committee stage.

Last Wednesday, Lords tabled a “highly unusual” motion to send the bill to
Grand Committee, which will take place in side rooms, rather than a fully accessible
public room. The motion was voted through, 263 votes to 211, and the bill will now
be sent to the Grand Committee.

The main difference between a Committee and a Grand Committee is that no
votes take place during a Grand Committee. Therefore, amendments will not
be voted on individually. There is also no public gallery and less room for all
peers to attend at once.

The reasons given for taking this step were that a bill of this complexity would
block up the chamber and delay other bills. Also, that too many people would
want to take part in the debate and it would take up too much time. However,
It now appears that the Main Chamber will actually be sitting empty during Grand
Committee

Several Lords have stated their objections to this:

“There is a great deal of consternation that is being expressed by disabled
 people about this decision.
Noble Lords have received a number of e-mails. There is both a practical and
a symbolic significance to this decision. Disabled people feel that their democratic
right to observe the proceedings at the Committee stage is being severely curtailed
by any decision to take the whole of the Committee stage off the Floor of the House.
I think it is wrong . As well as this, we are now starting a week earlier than
previously announced - when some Lord's may still be on holiday - this is because
the recess dates were changed late in the day. I'm concerned also about my
fellow peers who are wheelchair users. Apparently we may be meeting in a
committee room upstairs, which is larger than the Moses Room, though
still far from ideal. It had already been accepted on this side that some of the
Committee stage should be taken in Grand Committee, but there are clauses
in the Bill that are highly controversial. It is not just about experts coming in;
it is about people who feel that their lives or livelihoods are at stake. “

Baroness Lister

“I am very concerned that we are debating a bill that has many aspects which
are yet to be finalised. This is a most unsatisfactory situation which many
people have expressed concern about. Yesterday matters were made worse
by the Coalition Government insisting that the bill is discussed in Grand
Committee and not in the Chamber of the House of Lords. It will make
scrutiny more difficult and cause real problems for members of the public
who want to come and observe proceedings.”

Lord Kennedy

“I am seriously concerned about the ability of all noble Lords to participate
in the proceedings on this Bill. The noble Baroness has rightly drawn attention
to the shortcomings of the Moses Room. Those shortcomings are just as
apparent on the Committee Corridor. Several colleagues have told me in
clear terms that the rooms upstairs are not much better and that a lot of
furniture will need to be moved to facilitate those who have difficulty with
mobility and to enable lobby groups and those who are interested in the Bill
to participate and observe proceedings.”

Lord Bassam, Opposition Chief Whip

Some also stated their approval:

“I would prefer that every bill were considered in Grand Committee. It avoids
votes at an early stage of examining the bill, the atmosphere is more intimate
and business-like and we can spend more time on the detail. It feels to me
like a more normal less stilted way of discussing an issue. The Education Bill
was on its 10th day in committee yesterday for example whereas in the Chamber
it would be rushed through more quickly. There is room to spread out one’s
papers on a table in front of the speaker, the Minister has his support team
of bill experts immediately behind him to consult and because it is not televised
there is usually precious little grand-standing and posturing. It is easier to
interrupt to question without it seeming rude. A technical bill like the Welfare
Reform Bill in particular is best examined outside the Chamber. Then it
returns to the Chamber for the important Report Stage when the
important votes are taken.”

Baroness Murphy

We have three main concerns regarding this development:

• Firstly, access is poor. We are concerned that wheelchair users in particular
will be affected by this, not to mention members of the public who wish to attend.

• Secondly, we are still unsure if live streaming will be available allowing
campaigners like us and the general public to follow debates and scrutinise
them properly and democratically.

• Thirdly, amendments will not be voted upon in Grand Committee, all
amendments must be agreed upon unanimously. Just one objection can
 prevent any attempt to fix the faults of this bill.

We would like to urge you all to contact crossbenchers in the House of
Lords (details below) to express your own concerns over this development.
We suggest asking for live streaming so that we can at least see events as
they happen, not 3 hours later and, of course, raising your objections to
the bill so that the Lords understand how it will, as it currently stands, affect so many of us.

We made a difference last time. We can make a difference this time.

Lord Aberdare

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW

Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_aberdare

Lord Adebowale

House of Lords,

London,

SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8704adebowalev@parliament.uk

Baroness Afshar

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353afsharh@parliament.uk

Viscount Allenby of Megiddo

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3497
Fax: 020 7219 0670, 020 7219 5179

michael.allenby@btopenworld.com

Lord Alton of Liverpool

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3551
Fax: 020 7219 3551altond@parliament.uk

Lord Armstrong of Ilminster

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4983
Fax: 020 7219 1259armstrongr@parliament.uk

The Earl of Bewdley

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/earl_baldwin_of_bewdley

Lord Best

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6799best@parliament.uk

Lord Bew

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

p.bew@qub.a.uk

Lord Bichard

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353m.bichard@btinternet.com

Lord Bilimoria

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6040
Fax: 020 7219 5979bilimoria@parliament.uk

Lord Birt

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8705birtj@parliament.uk

Lord Blair of Broughton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_blair_of_boughton

Betty Boothroyd

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8673

boothroyd@parliament.uk

Lord Boyce

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8714

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_boyce

Lord Bramall

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6621

bramallen@parliament.uk

Lord Briggs

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_briggs

Lord Broers

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

anb1000@cam.ac.uk

Viscount Brookeborough

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1668

brookboroughA@parliament.uk

Lord Browne of Madingley

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_browne_of_madingley

Lord Browne-Wilkinson

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1639

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_browne-wilkinson

Lord Burns

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 0312burnst@parliament.uk

Lord Butler of Brockwell

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353butlerf@parliament.uk

Baroness Butler-Sloss

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4044butlerslosse@parliament.uk

Lord Cameron of Dillington

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2530camerone@parliament.uk

Lord Cameron of Lochbroom

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_cameron_of_lochbroom

Baroness Campbell of Loughborough

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_campbell_of_loughborough

Baroness Campbell of Surbiton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5124campbelljs@parliament.uk

Lord Carey of Clifton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

admin@glcarey.co.uk

Lord Carswell

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353carswellr@parliament.uk

Lord Chitnis

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_chitnis

Lord Chorley

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_chorley

Earl of Clancarty

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8929clancartyn@parliament.uk

Lord Cobbold

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6887

david@parkgatehouse.net

Lord Condon

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3617

condonp@parliament.uk

Baroness Coussins

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353coussinsj@parliament.uk

Baroness Cox

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

ccox@ertnet.demon.co.uk

Lord Craig of Radley

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2200craigd@parliament.uk

Viscount Craigavon

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3881

craigavonJ@parliament.uk

Lord Crisp

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3873

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_crisp

Lord Cullen of Whitekirk

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_cullen_of_whitekirk

Lord Currie of Marylebone

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_currie_of_marylebone

Lord Dannatt

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353dannattr@parliament.uk

Lord Dear

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3576deargj@parliament.uk

Baroness Deech

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3562deechr@parliament.uk

Lord Eames

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

earmesR@parliament.uk

Lord Elis-Thomas

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8701elisthomasd@parliament.uk

Lord Elystan-Morgan

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_elystan-morgan

Baroness Emerton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5035

audrey.emerton@sja.org.uk

Earl of Erroll

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3885errollm@parliament.uk

Viscount of Falkland

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3230

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/viscount_falkland

Lord Fellowes

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8754

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_fellowes

Baroness Finlay of Llandaff

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6693
Fax: 020 7219 1991finlayi@parliament.uk

Baroness Flather

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 5979

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_flather

Lord Freyberg

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5101freybergv@parliament.uk

Baroness Fritchie

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353fritchiei@parliament.uk

Baroness Greenfield

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6451greenfieldsu@parliament.uk

Baroness Greengross

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5494
Fax: 020 7219 5979greengrosss@parliament.uk

Lord Greenway

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4943greenwaya@parliament.uk

Baroness Grey-Thompson

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3143greythompsont@parliament.uk

Lord Griffiths

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

griffithsLJ@parliament.uk

Lord Guthrie of Craigiebank

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

guthrie@rothschild.co.uk

Lord Hall of Birkenhead

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353halla@parliament.uk

Lord Hameed

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7935 5012
Fax: 020 7431 4867hameed@parliament.uk

Lord Hannay of Chiswick

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1358

richardson@una.org.uk

Lord Harries of Pentregarth

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2910harriesr@parliament.uk

Lord Haskins

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_haskins

Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3781hastingsm@parliament.uk

Baroness Hayman

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353haymanh@parliament.uk

Lord Hennessy of Nympsfield

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5790hennessyp@parliament.uk

Lord Hoffmann

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6067hoffmannl@parliament.uk

Baroness Hogg

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5417

hoggs@parliament.uk

Baroness Hollins

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_hollins

Lord Hope of Thornes

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

HopeJAD@parliament.uk

Baroness Howarth of Breckland

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8744howarthv@parliament.uk

Baroness Howe of Idlicote

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6581
Fax: 020 7219 1991howee@parliament.uk

Lord Hutton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1639

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_hutton

Lord Hylton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3883
Fax: 020 7219 5979hyltonr@parliament.uk

Lord Imbert

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_imbert

Lord Inge

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8706ingep@parliament.uk

Lord Janvrin

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6989janvrinr@parliament.uk

Lord Jay of Ewelme

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3941jaymh@parliament.uk

Lord Jones of Birmingham

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3232

mpst.jones@berr.gsi.gov.uk

Lord Kakkar

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353kakkara@parliament.uk

Lord Kerr of Kinlochard

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_kerr_of_kinlochard

Lord Kilclooney

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6443
Fax: 020 7931 7211

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_kilclooney

Lord Knights

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_knights

Lord Krebs

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_krebs

Lord Laming

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1414

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_laming

Lord Levene of Portsoken

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_levene_of_portsoken

Lord Lewis of Newnham

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5093

lewisJ@parliament.uk

Earl of Listowel

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2247listowelf@parliament.uk

Lord Lloyd of Berwick

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3169

lloydAJ@parliament.uk

Lord Low of Dalston

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4119lowc@parliament.uk

Lord Luce

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6147

luceR@parliament.uk

Earl of Lytton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/earl_of_lytton

Lord McCluskey

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

emily@johnsmithtrust.org

Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff

McfarlaneJ@parliament.uk

Baroness Maningham-Buller

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_manningham-buller

Countess of Mar

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8627
Fax: 020 7219 1991marm@parliament.uk

Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_marshall_of_knightsbridge

Lord Martin of Springburn

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353martinm@parliament.uk

Baroness Masham of Ilton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6302
Fax: 020 7219 5979

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_masham_of_ilton

Lord Mawson

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6949

mawsona@parliament.uk

Lord May of Oxford

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6958

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_may_of_oxford

Baroness Meacher

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4081

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_meacher

Lord Millett

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6380

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_millett

Lord Mogg

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_mogg

Lord Molyneaux of Killead

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Fax: 020 7219 2347mckeem@parliament.uk

Viscount Montgomery of Alamein

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/viscount_montgomery_of_alamein

Lord Moran

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 020 7219 5979

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_moran

Baroness Morgan of Drefelin

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8727

morgand@parliament.uk

Lord Moser

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3283

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_moser

Baroness Murphy

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2277murphyel@parliament.uk

Lord Mustill

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_mustill

Lord Neill of Bladen

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_neill_of_bladen

Baroness Neuberger

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2716neubergerj@parliament.uk

Lord Nicholls of Birkenhead

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353nichollsd@parliament.uk

Lord Nickson

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_nickson

Duke of Norfolk

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3175

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/duke_of_norfolk

Lord Northbourne

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3884
Fax: 020 7219 5933northbournec@parliament.uk

Baroness O’Loan

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8724oloann@parliament.uk

Baroness O’Neill of Bengarve

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4120

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_o%27neill_of_bengarve

Lord Ouseley

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8725ouseleyh@parliament.uk

Lord Owen

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_owen

Lord Oxburgh

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4341
Fax: 020 7219 5979oxburghe@parliament.uk

Lord Palmer

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6452
Fax: 020 7219 0785, 020 7219 5979palmerad@parliament.uk

Lord Pannick

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_pannick

Lord Patel

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8702

naren.patel@nhs.net

Lord Patten of Barnes

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8736pattenc@parliament.uk

Earl Peel

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/earl_peel

Lord Powell of Bayswater

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5451

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_powell_of_bayswater

Baroness Prashar

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6792prasharu@parliament.uk

Lord Quirk

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2226
Fax: 020 7219 5979

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_quirk

Lord Ramsbotham

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8752ramsbothamd@parliament.uk

Lord Rana

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3295

dsrana@andrashouse.co.uk

Lord Rees of Ludlow

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_rees_of_ludlow

Lord Rees-Mogg

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

amtraco@btconnect.com

Lord Renwick of Clifton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_renwick_of_clifton

Baroness Richardson of Calow

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 0314richardsonk@parliament.uk

Lord Rix

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 0315
Fax: 020 7219 5979

leigh.banks@mencap.org.uk

Earl of Rosslyn

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

rosslynn@parliament.uk

Lord Rowe-Beddoe

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6255

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_rowe-beddoe

Lord Sacks

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

info@chiefrabbi.org

Lord St John of Blesto

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3886

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_st_john_of_bletso

Lady Saltoun of Abernethy

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 0313

saltounf@parliament.uk

Earl of Sandwich

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3882sandwichj@parliament.uk

Lord Saville of Newdigate

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_saville_of_newdigate

Lord Scott of Foscote

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 6373

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_scott_of_foscote

Lord Skidelsky

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8721skidelskyr@parliament.uk

Viscount Slim

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 2122

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/viscount_slim

Lord Smith of Kelvin

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_smith_of_kelvin

Earl of Snowdon

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/earl_of_snowdon

Earl of Stair

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353dalrymplej@parliament.uk

Baroness Stern

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

sternvh@parliament.uk

Lord Stern of Brentford

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1300

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_stern_of_brentford

Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5488

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_stevens_of_kirkwhelpington

Lord Stevenson of Coddenham

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_stevenson_of_coddenham

Lord Steyn

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_steyn

Lord Stirrup

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5979stirrupg@parliament.uk

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 1618, 07753 489643sutherlands@parliament.uk

Lord Tanlaw

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 4613tanlaws@parliament.uk

Lord Templeman

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_templeman

Viscount Tenby

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5403

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/viscount_tenby

Lord Thomas of Swynnerton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_thomas_of_swynnerton

Lord Tombs

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353tombsf@parliament.uk

Lord Turnbull

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_turnbull

Lord Turner of Ecchinswell

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_turner_of_ecchinswell

Baroness Valentine

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/baroness_valentine

Lord Vincent of  Coleshill

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353
Fax: 01962 734921

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_vincent_of_coleshill

Lord Walker of Aldringham

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353walkermjd@parliament.uk

Lord Walpole

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3173walpolerh@parliament.uk

Lord Walton of Detchant

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3102
Fax: 020 7219 5979

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_walton_of_detchant

Baroness Warnock

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 8619warnockh@parliament.uk

Viscount Waverley

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3174

waverleyJD@parliament.uk

Lord Weidenfeld

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_weidenfeld

Lord Williamson of  Horton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3583williamsond@parliament.uk

Lord Wilson of Dinton

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_wilson_of_dinton

Lord Wilson of Tilyorn

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3161wilsondc@parliament.uk

Lord Woolf

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 3156
Fax: 020 7219 0785stevensonmm@parliament.uk

Lord Wright of Richmond

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5353

http://www.theyworkforyou.com/peer/lord_wright_of_richmond

Baroness Young of Hornsey

House of Lords, London, SW1A 0PW
Tel: 020 7219 5991younglo@parliament.uk