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Welfare Reform Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord McKenzie of Luton (Labour) in the House of Lords on Thursday, 22 October 2009. It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
I think I understand that, but is it not the case that the assessment may be one of function but that it ought to take account of the fact that someone has a fluctuating condition? It is an understanding that the assessment is carried out by professionals. I do not have the skill to know how they do it, but they are trained to spot these things. Therefore, when they assess someone’s functionality—a rather unfortunate term—it should reflect the fact that someone has a health condition, has a fluctuating condition and has a—
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
713 c905 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamber
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