There are two distinct roles. If there is a complaint by an older person in a care home about the conditions, the care that he or she has been receiving or poor standards in the home, or an allegation of elder abuse, that complaint may initially go to the commissioner, but I should have thought that if it is an issue of abuse, the police should be involved. If the complaint is about the standard of care or the quality of the home, that should be addressed immediately by the Care Standards Inspectorate. The interview that we are discussing relates to a wider complaint that may be made by an older person. I do not think there is a blurring of powers. With that explanation, I ask the right hon. Member for East Yorkshire kindly to withdraw his amendment.
Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill [Lords]
Proceeding contribution from
Nick Ainger
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 19 July 2006.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Commissioner for Older People (Wales) Bill (HL).
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