Scope Party Conference Phlog

Abigail Lock of UK disability charity Scope

Hello, it's Abbygail here and I'd start with an apology. For those of you that's been following my blog, I didn't get the opportunity yesterday. So I'm gonna try and summarize the last couple of days. Yesterday was a very busy day and it was literally going between Fringe(?) meeting to Fringe(?) meeting to Fringe(?) meeting and with various different things. I think probably the highlight would have been a reception that had Sarah(?) around you attended there and that was a cooperative reception. Well there were lots of members of the parliament that we managed to meet and speak to about what scope he's doing and we encourage people to come to our stand which they did and I also ___ very very interesting branch which was actually was run by the environmental lobby that it was how we actually got people to change behavior and I asked them question in French ___ been very successful in getting people to change their behavior. So and things that

Hello, it's Abigail here and I'm with Annette Brokehuston(?), Liberal Democrat spokesperson on Children and Young People and I got to pass over to Annette and he(?) wants Liberal Democrat to doing ___ equality for disabled children. I'm delighted to be able to comment on this. Obviously we are a party that is very committed to equality and even in our mission statement that appears very very highly. In my role as children spokesperson I take and every opportunity to fight for a better deal for family for disabled children. I came in to Parliament with a desire to help children with better educational needs. So this is followed on and quite recently, I've been congratulated from most of the disability organization because my produ(?).

Hello, Abigail here and it's the last day of Liberal Democrat Conference and I think it's been a really successful week. The 3 highlights I would probably select from the fringes I've been to. One was one by the National Autistic(?) Society and it was a discussion on world theraform(?) and we sat on a table with member of Parliament and talks about some of the issues that we've had with the world theraform(?) and we were over a table with John Leech and I spoke about some issues, there is of the employment and support allowance and also the concerns that a lot of disabled people have with differential reforms and the possible merger of disability living allowance and attendance allowance into a greater social care pot and the problems and this is of course many disabled people. Also went to a really great fringe which was the Every(?) Disable Child Matters fringe where they launch their young people's

Hello, it's Abigail here and I am standing next to Bob Russell who is the member of HalibutNicoleChester(?) and he's gonna say a few words on why he thinks it's important that ___ people have equality. This is Bob Russell. Well I'm delighted to give my support. If not only to scope and all the people that it care's for but also people, just sort of as in general because they are people and everybody is entitled to have their voice and their say. Thank you very much Bob. I will speak to you later. Bye.

Hello, it's Abigail here. I was just ___ a big hill in Burmas(?) and I've come from the Equality and Human Rights Commission. Had a fringe and I had Trevor Philips speaking with Joe Simpson, he's the Liberal Democrat MP and Laura Willaby who's a councilor in East Lincoln and they were talking about a range of issues. One of the things that came up was just contemptuous is the job of the commission and how's the commission and knocked it's way against and been less effective since you've had the merger of the 3 prior existing thing commissions which were the ___ rights commission, the equalities in opportunities commission and the commission for racial equality and Trevor was speaking ___ wanted to see the commission become more like a regulator body and I think there was various opinions on whether that would be

Hi, it's Abigail here and it is Monday morning. It is about 8:45 and we just ___. This morning we're getting another early start this morning lots to do today. Unfortunately Jamie(?) is leaving us today and going back to the office but Abigail and I will be staying here till the end of the conference and I'll pass this to Jeremy(?). Hello yesterday was my last day of conference but it seems thoroughly enjoyable and really interesting to hear what the ___ policy way and very ___. Signing off. Bye.

Hello, it's Abigail here. It is a Sunday early evening. I mean it's been a really busy day. I've been up early and going to lot of different branches and hearing some very interesting things I think probably the high lights were lunch time for in Sweet Tat(?). Julia Goseworthy(?) he's a assembly like the government states person and it also has Steven West he were that and they were talking about public services and what they so what happened and all the reforms and change so in the next general election all we guarantee leads the public services that have already taken place and then I've checked come out all ___ at 1:00 the radio is for show with Master attorney he was a ___ he is leading on this democrat manifest so it's really interesting and now I'm gonna go to some ___

Hello, it's time to get ahead and another update from Lezam Conference. It's now start today quarter to 5:00 and it's been a busy day as ___ two to half hour this morning and events on list them the ___ and then just finishing training which I've done with Jaime on his vote are you missing. Now getting 4:00 early evening receptions the Pacific reception that we thought at 5:30 meeting on to Raleigh if you can have Sarah's Heather Ms Clay Charles Kennedy and ___ Benjamin and so that will be exciting to get to meet all my people and finish story another reception of Liberal Democrat account's list make sure it's 9:00 so the excuse me at night I had the best and lots of people to meet and talk to about issues that concerns disabled people. Bye bye

Hello, it's Abigail here. I am outside the Marriott High Class Hotel in Bombas(?). It's absolutely beautifully sunny. It's 9:30 in the morning. ___ and we're looking at a really beautiful coast line in the sea. We're gonna try a bit of an experiment later. I am talking at a meeting at 10:00. We're going to see if we can record that and see if it will pick up so I hope you could follow and let us know what you think. Bye.

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