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HANSARDSocial Care: Free Personal CareI thank my noble friend for her question. We should pay tribute to those who work very hard in the social care system under very challenging circumstances. Swindon, for example,…26 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Care: Free Personal CareThe noble Baroness, Lady Brinton, is absolutely right. Integrating social care funding is the key priority of the social care Green Paper. It is part of the work that we are…26 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Care: Free Personal CareMy Lords, we welcome the contributions made by recent reports on how social care should be funded in future, including the report by the IPPR. The Green Paper will bring forward…26 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Care: Free Personal CareI thank the noble Baroness for an important question. She is absolutely right that the Green Paper must be a priority. It will set out our sustainable plans for reform. We have…26 Jun 2019HANSARDSocial Care: Free Personal CareI thank the noble Baroness for the important point she has raised. The Government have established an interministerial group for disability chaired by the Secretary of State for…26 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportI am sorry if I have given the impression to the noble Countess that action has not been happening now. I can outline that the Government have been taking ongoing action to…17 Jun 2019HANSARDHospitals: ListeriaI am sure that the noble Baroness would like to hear exactly how effectively Public Health England and others responded in this case. Obviously, these cases should not have…17 Jun 2019HANSARDHospitals: ListeriaI thank the noble Lord, Lord Tunnicliffe, for his question. The purpose of the review is to build on previous work and to implement standards for higher-quality food for NHS…17 Jun 2019HANSARDHospitals: ListeriaI thank the noble Lord, Lord Patel. He is absolutely right that one reason why such fast action was able to be taken was that it was possible to confirm by whole genome sequencing…17 Jun 2019HANSARDHospitals: ListeriaMy Lords, with the leave of the House, I shall now repeat in the form of a Statement the Answer to an Urgent Question given by my right honourable friend the Secretary of State at…17 Jun 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Reporting AbuseAbsolutely. The right reverend Prelate makes a very sensible, common-sense point: this is exactly why work is going on between the NHS and the ombudsman to ensure that, within the…17 Jun 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Reporting AbuseI thank my noble friend for raising this matter and I am very sorry about the experience he highlighted. One of the measures that has been implemented in order to improve this…17 Jun 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Reporting AbuseI am happy to give the noble Baroness that commitment. Domestic abuse in any situation is absolutely unacceptable and we are happy to commit to supporting her.17 Jun 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Reporting AbuseThe noble Baroness has raised a very important issue: she is absolutely right that those with learning disabilities are more at risk from hate crimes and less likely to report…17 Jun 2019HANSARDPeople with Disabilities: Reporting AbuseMy Lords, I thank the noble Baroness for her Question. Support for people who wish to make a complaint about health services is available from the independent NHS Complaints…17 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportI thank the noble Baroness for her question. Of course, £10 billion has been provided for adult social care between 2017-18 and 2020, with an extra £240 million for adult social…17 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportMy Lords, the Government have given councils access to £3.9 billion in dedicated funding for adult social care in 2019-20. Last June, we published the carers’ action plan, a…17 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportThe noble Baroness has raised an important point, which is that we need to provide carers with the support they need, because they do an amazing job. Unpaid care is a vital part…17 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportAs so often, my noble friend speaks with common sense and insight. This is something that our carers innovation fund is supposed to root out, with its creative and innovative ways…17 Jun 2019HANSARDCarers: SupportThis is crucial. We must ensure that young carers, who are often unseen in the system, have the support that they need and are not overburdened by caring responsibilities. That is…17 Jun 2019