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Grey-Thompson: Brexit would hit disability rights plans | Grey-Thompson: Brexit would hit disability rights plans |
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Former Paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson has warned leaving the European Union would prevent British people with disabilities benefiting from plans to boost accessibility. | Former Paralympian Baroness Grey-Thompson has warned leaving the European Union would prevent British people with disabilities benefiting from plans to boost accessibility. |
She said it would also risk a recession that would leave less money to be spent on support services. | She said it would also risk a recession that would leave less money to be spent on support services. |
A Vote Leave Cymru spokesman said the UK acted to tackle disability discrimination before the EU. | |
He claimed some other governments in the EU had a poor record on the issue. | |
The Welsh Remain campaign, Wales Stronger In Europe, argues that leaving the EU would mean British people would not benefit from plans to boost accessibility. | The Welsh Remain campaign, Wales Stronger In Europe, argues that leaving the EU would mean British people would not benefit from plans to boost accessibility. |
This includes the European Accessibility Act, which could create a mechanism to ensure manufacturers and suppliers of products such as computers and phones would need to comply with agreed accessibility standards. | This includes the European Accessibility Act, which could create a mechanism to ensure manufacturers and suppliers of products such as computers and phones would need to comply with agreed accessibility standards. |
'Discrimination' | 'Discrimination' |
Baroness Grey-Thompson said: "Our membership of the European Union has had real, positive benefits for the millions of UK residents with limiting long-term illnesses, impairments or disabilities. | Baroness Grey-Thompson said: "Our membership of the European Union has had real, positive benefits for the millions of UK residents with limiting long-term illnesses, impairments or disabilities. |
"It has helped to counter workplace discrimination, obliged transport providers to make their services more accessible and secured access to some UK disability benefits for Britons living in other EU countries. | "It has helped to counter workplace discrimination, obliged transport providers to make their services more accessible and secured access to some UK disability benefits for Britons living in other EU countries. |
"Not only would leaving Europe jeopardise these, it would close us off from enjoying the rewards of upcoming legislation that will further increase accessibility and risk a recession that would leave less money to be spent on much-needed support services." | "Not only would leaving Europe jeopardise these, it would close us off from enjoying the rewards of upcoming legislation that will further increase accessibility and risk a recession that would leave less money to be spent on much-needed support services." |
Vincent Bailey, spokesman for Vote Leave Cymru said: "It's worth remembering that the UK acted to tackle disability discrimination long before the EU, and that we provide for much more extensive rights. | |
"The Disability Act, for example, was passed by Parliament in 1995 - some eight years before EU legislation first came into force that deals only with employment discrimination. | |
"In fact, EU governments have a terrible track record in protecting the disabled, and certainly should not be able to influence our policy in this area." | |
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