Biography
Baroness Monckton of Dallington Forest has engaged extensively on learning disability and autism through 22 debate speeches, with a particular focus on safeguarding vulnerabilities during end-of-life legislation and protecting access to employment and specialist services. She has consistently raised concerns about the impact of policy changes on people with learning disabilities, including reduced Access to Work schemes, hospital detention facilities, and the declining learning disability nursing workforce. Her interventions frequently reflect personal experience as a parent and founder of Team Domenica, advocating for disabled people's rights across employment, social care, and healthcare provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…This does not give people with autism and learning disabilities enough time to learn the skills they need to get into employment. Will the Minister consider reinstating the 39-week programme?…”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism118th of 89932.0
- Palliative & end of life care125th of 56812.0
- Assisted dying116th of 3716.0
- Health inequalities245th of 2882.0
- Elderly care & frailty166th of 2362.0
- Children's health131st of 1572.0
- Rare diseases170th of 2022.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
What they’ve said
“…people with learning disabilities will not be allowed a family member or, in the absence of a family member, a learning disability nurse or qualified practitioner to be with them when a doctor initiates the conversation about assisted suicide.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-03-13 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I received a letter from a former paediatric practitioner who is deeply concerned about this proposed legislation. She points out that when babies are legally aborted for medical reasons at over 22 weeks’ gestation, they are first euthanised by lethal injection into the heart.”
Crime and Policing Bill · 2026-02-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…My amendments focus on risks to people with learning disabilities and autism, and there is also an amendment to exclude hospices that provide palliative care, which is, I believe, true assisted dying.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2026-01-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I rise very briefly to support my noble friend Lady Berridge’s Amendment 30A on EHCPs, and I declare my interest as founder of a special educational needs college. All our students have EHCPs, and all of them, in their various ways, are vulnerable.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-12-12 · Read on Hansard ↗
“To ask His Majesty’s Government, following reports of the dismissal by Waitrose of a volunteer with autism, what steps they are taking to ensure employers are encouraged to support people with disabilities into employment.”
People with Disabilities: Employment · 2025-10-28 · Read on Hansard ↗
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