After questions, Lord Foulkes of Cumnock cast doubt on whether the government had been sincere in its commitment not to use the Moses room - which is not wheelchair accessible - for grand committee consideration of the Welfare Reform Bill, which makes significant changes to disability benefits.

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Tom Harkin, the Iowa Democrat who championed the Americans with Disabilities Act, sent a letter to the governor urging him not to sign a bill that didn't make more cabs accessible to wheelchair users.

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