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cumulative impact assessment of welfare reform
commons motion (defeated) yesterday, that the Government should publish, by October 2013, a cumulative impact assessment of the changes made by the Government that affect disabled people.
during the debate there were digs at grassroots disability campaigns, from Paul Maynard (Blackpool North and Cleveleys) (Con): ‘... Pat’s petition, We are Spartacus and other extremist disability groups that do not speak for the overall majority’.
... and at Citizens Advice, from Esther McVey: ‘I smiled when I heard Citizens Advice being quoted frequently today. Is that the same Citizens Advice that hired Polly Billington, a Labour adviser, in November 2012? She will be head of its campaigns and communications, and is a former senior adviser to the right hon. Member for Doncaster North. Is that why we have to have those definitive quotes all the time? ‘
(NB - the Member for Doncaster North is Ed Miliband)