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Proceeding contribution from Jackie Doyle-Price (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 25 October 2017. It occurred during Opposition day on Social Care.

I could not agree more. I share my right hon. Friend’s support for the hon. Lady’s comments. There are still many opportunities to get working-age adults with disabilities into work. We have set ourselves a target of getting 1 million more people with disabilities into work, and we are very committed to doing that.

In response to the point made by the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South in her opening remarks, yes, much of the debate has focused on how we care for the elderly, but, as she and the whole House will be

aware, support for working-age adults is becoming an increasingly big proportion of local authority spending in this area, and it is very important that we focus on it. Alongside the preparations we are making for consultation in the new year, we have a parallel work stream looking specifically at working-age adults, because some of the solutions will be similar and some will be different.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
630 cc321-2 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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