My Lords, I should have said this when I was making my initial speech. About 60,000 people with ME are either bedbound or housebound. To go to a face-to-face interview would cause enormous stress and probably exacerbate their symptoms. Will that be taken into account? They cannot provide medical evidence because there is no treatment; yet they cannot come out of their homes. How will the Minister deal with that?
Welfare Reform Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Countess of Mar
(Crossbench)
in the House of Lords on Tuesday, 17 January 2012.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform Bill.
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