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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 2 April 2025

Debate

Mental Health Bill [HL]

Contribution

The parallel for us in relation to the Bill is that the hard-fought-for arrangements for the disabled at university are now potentially being corrupted by an overdemand and by demands for diagnosis. Diagnosis itself is now being conflated with supporting documentation, so it is enough for those students to be on a GP’s waiting list for formal assessment to be treated as though they are disabled. I hope noble Lords can see the dangers of such trends off-campus for the Bill here.

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