Social Care Funding

We do need to address that. Things have come to a pretty serious pass.

Following on from that point, one issue I have raised on a number of occasions in this House is t...

Indeed. My hon. Friend makes a really good point. I noticed that the number of delayed transfers ...

For some people, it is not possible to wait for money to be available. A third of people who are ...

I very much agree. In recent months, I have met carers of people with MND and one becomes aware o...

I am not sure whether the hon. Lady knows that in Oxford this is now starting to affect the local...

Indeed. As I said, it is now coming up to a year since that was promised and it is about time tha...

The hon. Lady talked about the Green Paper and how we will fund this in the long term. Obviously,...

We have indeed been doing more work on this, but we laid out in our manifesto—the hon. Gentleman’...

The hon. Lady mentions the plans in the Labour party’s manifesto, but since then the Health Commi...

The hon. Gentleman asked me the same question six months ago, on our last Opposition day debate o...

For the information of the House, will the hon. Lady answer the question from my hon. Friend the ...

It is really up to the Secretary of State, whose party has not produced any proposals, to answer ...

My hon. Friend is doing a very good job of reminding the Government that they are the ones in pow...

I suggest that the Government start with the cash injection that our social care system needs. Th...

No, I will not give way; we have very limited time.

As my hon. Friend the Member for Great ...

The very troubling case that the hon. Lady has described illustrates why we, as a House, must get...

The hon. Lady has asked me that question a number of times, and I always find it difficult to ans...

As the hon. Lady will know, this is a pattern that has pinged backwards and forwards with success...

I am constantly astonished when Conservative Members talk about a cross-party approach. It is up ...

The Kirklees Solidarity Economy Network in my constituency is working to establish a community-ba...

I very much do and thank my hon. Friend for making that point. There is a great place for co-oper...

rose—

I must make progress.

For care staff, the combination of cuts to social care funding and in...

Each and every one of us in this House recognises and values those who care, from care workers to...

I gave the House a statistic of 2,600. Bethany’s dad, who is campaigning on her behalf, wants to ...

As I said, progress has been made. There has been a reduction of 17% in the number of in-patients...

Will the Secretary of State agree to support a dedicated dementia fund, as proposed by the Alzhei...

I have seen that proposal from the Alzheimer’s Society and we are looking at it now. At the same ...

Does the Secretary of State accept that there is actually a lot of support on the Government Benc...

I will come on to the proposed funding reforms. My hon. Friend is right that there is support for...

There is an acute nursing shortage in this country. According to the CQC, nursing homes may need ...

There are more nurses on our wards than in 2010, but it is important that we have more in the fut...

In the light of what my right hon. Friend just said about the long-term nature of the challenges,...

I pay tribute to my right hon. Friend’s work in this area. He is incredibly thoughtful and has be...

My right hon. Friend is right to highlight the link between healthcare and social care. If we are...

Part of the social care system is, of course, tax funded, but I also value the contributions that...

My constituents and my local council are thankful for the funding increase of £870,356, which wil...

I am grateful for my hon. Friend’s work in making the case for more support for adult social care...

To address delayed discharges, it is crucial that we have transitional care and extra care in pla...

That is an interesting proposal, and I have seen others similar to it. We are looking at the link...

In Scotland, like in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, we have seen unbearable cuts to council...

Through the Barnett formula, we have made available funding for Scotland today, which in England ...

I am keen to learn how much extra my constituency is getting, given that the Secretary of State i...

That need not necessarily be the case. It was slightly disappointing that the hon. Lady, who is n...

The Secretary of State has said that he wants this debate to be based on fact, not partial fact, ...

Yes; I enjoyed reading that report on my summer holidays and thought the research that underpinne...

The Secretary of State is making some good points, but may I press him on the point made by my ho...

Yes, absolutely. I am considering them. In fact, I shall go further and say that I am attracted t...

Order. I wish to manage expectations in this debate. By my calculation, I estimate that when we c...

Here we are discussing this issue again when we discussed it just before the summer recess. That ...

In my constituency, the Barchester Alexandra Court Care Home has closed, with 53 residents losing...

There is no question but that there is pressure. There is no question but that all the systems fa...

No, I am sorry, I will not give way. Members want to make speeches, but if they intervene on me, ...

There are just 15,000 centenarians in the UK today, but the population aged 90 and over is growin...

This year is the 70th anniversary of the NHS. It is also the 70th anniversary of our social care ...

My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech and is an expert in this area. She is right; the lan...

I absolutely agree. If a third of parents had to give up work or reduce their hours because they ...

It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Leicester West (Liz Kendall).

Two years ago,...

Nothing brings home the reality of the problems we face in social care like the experience of our...

It is a great pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Blaydon (Liz Twist), who made a very good sp...

I want to make a brief contribution, picking up on the excellent contribution by my hon. Friend t...

To try to get as many people in I am imposing a three-minute time limit. If people can take less ...

In light of that, Madam Deputy Speaker, I will be as quick as I can. I will make two quick points...

I thank the shadow Secretary of State for mentioning my constituent Joyce, who has literally beco...

A former US President once said that there are no easy solutions, but there are simple solutions....

I pay tribute to the work not just of the social care workers in my constituency, but of the ambu...

I will be very quick, given that the Front Benchers are waiting to speak. This is a key debate fo...

I begin by thanking hon. and right hon. Members for their contributions from across the House. It...

The Green Paper commends Bristol City Council for its Well Aware project. Will my hon. Friend joi...

Absolutely. I am always happy to visit my hon. Friend’s city of Bristol and to see the great work...

In the very limited time that is left to me, I will begin by thanking all the Members who have co...

claimed to move the closure (Standing Order No. 36).

Question put forthwith, That the Quest...

On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. Yet again the Government sit on their hands and refuse...

The hon. Lady has put her point of view on the record. As I am sure she knows, there have been un...