28/01/2026 | 20:24:26 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) Dear colleagues, Today 1.5 million people with learning disabilities across Europe live not in their own homes but in institutions. The draft additional protocol to the Oviedo Convention threatens to compound this problem and does not set us on the path to mental health laws which actually protect the rights of disabled people. Before I was elected to Parliament I provided advocacy for the family of a young man with a learning disability... 27/01/2026 | 18:05:50 Thank you, Mr President. Dear colleagues, I want to congratulate Mr Piero FASSINO on this excellent report. I want to focus my remarks on the humanitarian crisis faced by Ukrainian citizens. In particular, the crisis faced by disabled people. Because when so many Ukrainians were forced to flee their homes following Russia’s brutal invasion, this was not an option for millions of disabled people, including 260 000 Ukrainian people with learning disabilities. On a visit to Kyiv last year, I met... 02/10/2025 | 20:54:51 (Undelivered speech, Rules of Procedure Art. 31.2) I congratulate the authors of these two important reports. Tackling health inequalities and access to appropriate housing are closely linked issues, so it is appropriate we are discussing them together. In the United Kingdom we cherish our National Health Service and our Labour government is investing record funding in our health services. And yet in the UK, as across Europe, we still have much work to do to realise the goals of the UHC2030... 02/10/2025 | 17:22:03 Thank you. Dear colleagues, How often do we hear "what's the point of joining a political party, what’s the point even of voting? It won’t change anything. Politicians only serve their own interests." Of course, political parties have a vital role in challenging these views. By ensuring our parties are inclusive and connected to our communities, we can build trust and participation. But we also need to recognise the scale of the challenge we face due to the actions of extremist parties and... 27/06/2025 | 10:12:53 Thank you, Mister President. Dear colleagues, It's a privilege for me to make my first speech here as a member of our Parliamentary assembly, which will be on the rights of people with intellectual disabilities. This assembly exists to promote the human rights of our citizens and nowhere is the need to guarantee these rights more urgently required than for people with learning disabilities. Before I was elected to the UK Parliament, I worked with the charity Enable, which is the UK member of...