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Care Bill [Lords]

Proceeding contribution from Jeremy Hunt (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 16 December 2013. It occurred during Debate on bills on Care Bill [Lords].

The right hon. Gentleman will have a chance to speak later.

We want to be one of the first countries in the world where it is as normal to save for one’s social care costs as it is for one’s pension, and this Bill’s provisions make that possible. The deferred payments scheme, with a threshold of £23,250, on which we openly consulted, excludes only the wealthiest 15% of people entering residential care. How extraordinary it is that Labour should play politics by feigning concern for the richest in society, when they failed to do anything for the poorest over 13 years when they had the chance to do so.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
572 c493 
Session
2013-14
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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