Social Care
This oral statement is the Government’s response to the recent Opposition day debate on social ca...
I thank the Minister for giving me advance sight of her statement, but it is a woefully inadequat...
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The hon. Lady will not be surprised to hear that I did not agree with much of what she said, but ...
Order. I say to the Government Whip that I think I can control the Chamber. I thank him for his h...
Carers’ voices very much are being heard, and there is no way we can actually tackle the broad pi...
The House of Lords Select Committee on the Long-term Sustainability of the NHS rapidly concluded ...
To reassure my hon. Friend on the terms of reference for the Green Paper, let me say that part an...
I thank the Minister for advance sight of the statement. I very much hope that we will not regula...
The whole purpose of a Green Paper is to allow us properly to debate and challenge all the option...
I appreciate the importance the Government attach to adult social care, but the title of this sta...
I absolutely give my hon. Friend that assurance. If I may, I will suggest to my hon. Friends in t...
May I say how nice it is to see my hon. Friend the Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara K...
I think we are in danger of getting into a false debate. When I talk about social care, I do
<...In the absence of any provision I may make—Dilnot might have encouraged me to make such provision...
In a nutshell, my right hon. Friend has neatly summarised one of the debates we need to have in t...
The leader of Rochdale Borough Council says that he needs about £20 million to meet growing deman...
As the hon. Lady knows, we have made an additional £9.25 billion available to local authorities, ...
I welcome the report and the focus on carers and the elderly—that is really important in Somerset...
I thank my hon. Friend for that point because although, quite rightly, we focus on the challenges...
I welcome the Green Paper, and I hope that we can build cross-party
I welcome part of the hon. Gentleman’s comments. He is right: one reason we are at this stage is ...
I thank my hon. Friend for her statement, and I encourage her—as others have done—to engage with ...
I do not disagree with much of what my hon. Friend says. Colleagues are talking about a crisis, b...
This is a shocking statement for thousands of families who live in this country with the misery o...
I think we made it clear in the recent general election that we will be revisiting this
I welcome the Minister’s pledge to consult more widely about a long-term solution, given the pres...
My hon. Friend encapsulates the problem in a nutshell. Many people do not understand that care mu...
After years of confusion for which the Government bear some responsibility, tens of thousands of ...
I know that the hon. Gentleman cares deeply about this issue and he has rightly raised it with me...
West Sussex has some specific social care issues currently under investigation, and it would be i...
Absolutely. My hon. Friend mentions the expert panel, and it is important that we take the advice...
A recent Barnardo’s report showed that two thirds of child carers start caring in primary school,...
I thank the hon. Lady for those comments. She highlights what is literally the Cinderella in this...
The fact that we need to tackle the challenge of social care has cross-party support and agreemen...
I am very keen to approach this matter through consensus. To be frank, I do not think that we can...
Of course, there is a short-term series of pressures. The Minister has cited the CQC’s state of s...
I welcome the spirit in which the hon. Gentleman makes his comments. It is fair to say
I appreciate the opportunity to speak, Mr Deputy Speaker, as I missed the beginning of the Minist...
I would be happy to meet the hon. Gentleman; I am always looking for solutions. He is absolutely ...
I am currently caring for my 80-year-old mum who has dementia and lives on her own many hundreds ...
My hon. Friend is right. I mentioned that local authorities are very keen for us to find a soluti...
Will the Minister update us on the financial stability of the Four Seasons group, which cares for...
I am aware that there has been considerable press reporting on what is happening with Four Season...