Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the sense of unfairness felt by those who are visually impaired stretches to the wider public, who have always regarded it as unfair that visually impaired people did not get this benefit? If the Bill is passed tonight, it will not just be the recipients who will say that that is fair; the general public will also say that it is a long overdue correction of a clear unfairness.
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Barrett
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 17 March 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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