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Hospital Parking Charges (Exemption for Carers) Bill

Is not the point that the Bill does not propose a free-for-all for everyone, but free hospital parking just for those on carer’s allowance, which is a paltry £62 a week? These are not carers who come through an agency and indirectly through the local authority and who add to the mounting social care bill. These people keep the social care bill down. We pay them carer’s allowance, and if all their money goes on parking charges, they will be deterred from coming into hospital to do the job that they do.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
601 c666 
Session
2015-16
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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