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Hearing Impairment: Lipreading

Asked by Shaun DaviesLabourDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled Answered 27 March 2026UIN 118959

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for his policies of the lack of publicly-funded provision for lip-reading classes for people with hearing loss.

Answered by Sir Stephen Timms

I refer my hon. Friend to the answer I gave on 18 March 2026 to Question UIN 118960.

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