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<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-gb"><title>The Disability Challenge</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/atom/index.jsp" rel="self"/><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/index.jsp" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><subtitle>the Conservative Party's disability website</subtitle><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/</id><generator>ws.politicos.justin.2005</generator><rights>Except for national news and the constituency maps, the text and photographs on this site are released under Creative Commons Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 United Kingdom.</rights><updated>2008-08-07T00:00:00Z</updated><entry><title>Harper shows some Disability Initiative</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=405" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=405</id><published>2008-08-07T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-08-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Shadow Minister visits Disability Initiative in Camberley.</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper opens new centre for adults with Asperger syndrome</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=403" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=403</id><published>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mark Harper MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People, today opened the new centre for adults with Asperger syndrome based at the Springbank Community Resource Centre in Cheltenham.</summary></entry><entry><title>Shadow Minister visits Vassall Centre Trust in Bristol</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=404" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=404</id><published>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-07-24T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mark Harper MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People, recently visited the Vassall Centre Trust in Bristol, a charity which provides affordable barrier-free accommodation for organisations serving and employing disabled people.</summary></entry><entry><title>Conservatives lead on welfare reform</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=401" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=401</id><published>2008-07-23T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-07-23T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mark Harper MP, Shadow Minister for Disabled People, has welcomed the Governments Welfare Reform Green Paper which has directly copied many of its central proposals from the Green Paper published by the Conservatives six months ago.</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper condemns discrimination against disabled students</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=406" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=406</id><published>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Shadow Minister disappointed by continuation of discrimination against disabled students.</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper looks on the Pluss side</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=408" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=408</id><published>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-07-17T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Shadow Minister visits Pluss in Plymouth.</summary></entry><entry><title>Shadow Minister for Disabled People visits Remploys Bristol Branch</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=407" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=407</id><published>2008-06-12T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-06-12T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Harper heads to Bristol to visit Remploy.</summary></entry><entry><title>Work Directions UK hosts Mark Harper</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=397" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=397</id><published>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-20T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Shadow Minister for Disabled People visits Work Directions, a leading welfare to work provider to discuss the services they offer to help support disabled people and the long term unemployed into work. </summary></entry><entry><title>Why delay on Convention ratification?</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=391" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=391</id><published>2008-05-16T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-16T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mark Harper, Shadow Minister for Disabled People, has called on the Government to confirm their ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of People with Disabilities. </summary></entry><entry><title>Harper visits In Control in Oldham</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=398" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=398</id><published>2008-05-15T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-15T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>In Control is helping to change the system of social care by introducing Self-Directed Support, by which disabled people have more control over their benefits money and can exercise more choice over how and when it is utilised.</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper calls for proper funding for learning disabled sport</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=393" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=393</id><published>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mark Harper, Shadow Minister for Disabled People, has called on Ministers to ensure that sport for athletes with learning disabilities get proper support and funding </summary></entry><entry><title>Harper welcomes Blue Badge London website</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=399" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=399</id><published>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-14T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Mark is pleased to see the launch of the Blue Badge website which will help disabled people locate accessible parking bays in central London.</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper visits Aspire National Training Centre</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=396" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=396</id><published>2008-05-08T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-08T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Aspire hosts Shadow Minister for Disabled People and shows how it supports people with spinal cord injuries and helps them to live more independently</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper calls for annual disability debate in Parliament</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=387" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=387</id><published>2008-05-07T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Shadow Minister for Disabled People presses Government for yearly debate on Disability.</summary></entry><entry><title>Harper welcomes move on tribunal guidance</title><link href="http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=389" type="text/html" rel="alternate"/><author><name>Annabel Warner</name><email>WARNERA@parliament.uk</email></author><id>http://textonly.thedisabilitychallenge.com/record.jsp?type=news&amp;ID=389</id><published>2008-05-07T00:00:00Z</published><updated>2008-05-07T00:00:00Z</updated><summary>Announcement that Tribunal Service will be given proper guidelines for cases involving learning disabilities is welcomed.</summary></entry></feed>