Someone close to me who has bipolar disorder used to use her employment and support allowance to pay for things when she found it impossible to face the world. She would employ somebody to take her child to school and someone to provide talking therapies and things that improved her mental health. Does my hon. Friend agree that sometimes mental disabilities can be just as financially costly as physical ones?
Welfare Reform and Work Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Anne McLaughlin
(Scottish National Party)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 20 July 2015.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Welfare Reform and Work Bill.
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