Jane Campbell and Roger Berry took over the All Party Parliamentary Disability Group (APPDG) in the Summer of 2009 from Lord Ashley of Stoke, who is now president of the group. This is a group of interested peers who work on an all-party basis within Parliament towards equality and human rights for all disabled people, their families and friends. For more information on the APPDG, please read this document hosted on the RADAR web site.

The APPDG can be contacted via Guy L'Etang at the address below.

Jane is interested in employment support for disabled people. She amended the Welfare Reform Bill in 2009 to strengthen disabled peoples' control over their work and general life support services. This is known as "The Right to Control, Section 2" of the new Welfare Reform Act. For further details see OPSI.

Jane will now be involved with the government on the implementation of the Right to Control over the period 2010 to 2012, beginning with the establishment of the trailblazer test sites.

Baroness Campbell's address to the Lord's during the Welfare Reform Bill debate of 27th October 2009 can be read here.

Jane's most recent contributions on Health and Social Care are as follows:-

• From Safety Net to Springboard, co-produced with Neil Crowther, Equality and Human Rights Commission
• Social Care as an Equalities Issue
• Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL] moved By Lord Ashley of Stoke 13 March 2009

Jane has written a description of a typical week in Parliament for a disabled peer (see page 8).

Jane contributed to the Disabled Persons (Independent Living) Bill [HL] moved by Lord Ashley of Stoke 13 March 2009

Jane is currently contributing to the Equality Bill. She is also working with the government on the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.

Related documents and speeches:-

• Making Rights a Reality
• Speech given at the British Institute of Human Rights Conference [BIHR] Conference in 2008 - Human Rights - Visions of Equality

Assisted Dying
Purdy v DPP
The Director of Public Prosecutions recently published their initial guidelines on the legal position regarding assisted suicide in the document "Interim Policy for Prosecutors in Respect of Cases of Assisted Suicide" following the above case.

Lobbying against the position of the DPP forms the latest campaign of the Not Dead Yet UK network of disabled people led by Jane Campbell. It is a campaign to ensure the Director Of Public Prosecution's guidance on assisted suicide does not discriminate against disabled and terminally ill people. The response to the above DPP document by Baroness Campbell and Not Dead Yet UK can be read here.

Baroness Campbell has been actively opposing attempts to legalise assisted suicide in the UK. In July 2009 she helped defeat Lord Falconer's Amendment during the Coroner's and Justice Bill debate at Committee Stage, and again spoke out against Lord Alderdice's Amendment in October on the same Bill. Please see the Media section of this website for links to press coverage of her activities.

Baroness Campbell's latest position on views regarding life and death decision making, including assisted suicide and euthanasia, can be read here.