Member

Look at the time we are working. If I had caring responsibilities and lived in a rural part of the country without a good train service, I would not be able to get home. Even with the generous increase in the allowances, I probably would not be able to afford accommodation in London. In the next stage of thinking about how we increase the diversity of the House, not just the way we look and the places we come from but our socioeconomic diversity—and disability, as the noble Lord says—we will need to think very seriously about what participation means.