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HANSARD Points of OrderOn a point of order, Mr Speaker. Four Seasons Health Care provides residential care for 17,000 old and vulnerable people in 322 homes across the country and employs 22,000 staff.…01 May 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingWill the Minister give way?24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingToday, we have heard from many hon. Members about the disastrous impact of the Government’s relentless and short-sighted cuts to council budgets from Hull to Westminster North,…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingOn a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. I did not get the chance to correct the Secretary of State, so it is important that I do so now. My hon. Friend the Member for…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingThe hon. Lady is rightly raising the plight of carers, which is a subject that is very close to my heart, as it seems to be to hers. Does she also regret the lack of a national…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingI am glad that the right hon. Gentleman is talking about this topic. It is absolutely vital, but does he regret the extent to which the Government now seem to have abandoned the…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingWe get this every time we have a debate on social care—although we do not have many such debates—from Government Members who have no ideas whatsoever. I have just run through all…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care FundingWe have laid out our proposals and we said how we would fund them. As I say, most of what we are debating today relates to the short-term crisis. Once we got past the short-term…24 Apr 2019HANSARDLocal Government and Social Care Fundingrose —24 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]The work that was done for three years was on a 15-clause Bill that is not this Bill. We discussed that plenty of times in Committee. I think it only fair to be accurate. This…02 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]In the example I gave, residents who had lived in a care home for a long period had a manager who did not keep their care plans or any documentation, and they suffered terrible…02 Apr 2019HANSARDMental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]When we last debated this Bill, I was clear that Labour did not think that the Bill was adequate to become law. The Minister has just expressed her thanks, but we did make it…02 Apr 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThere are still 2,295 patients who are autistic or who have learning disabilities in hospital in-patient settings, despite a Government pledge in 2012 that no one would be in…26 Mar 2019HANSARDSocial Care Green PaperBut the Government are not tackling the problem of the long-term funding of social care, are they? Age UK found that 50,000 people who had applied for social care had died waiting…19 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]We should not be in this position of having less than two hours on Report. This Bill has been rushed. We were in the same position on Second Reading, and it is absolutely…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]On the training that the Minister has talked about and the hon. Member for Congleton (Fiona Bruce) just referred to, I understand from impact assessments that there is half a…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]That may well be the case, but the difficulty here is that we have a complex system when we should have a simple system that clarifies that an independent advocate, an IMCA,…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]No. On the Opposition Benches, we are not satisfied with very much about the Bill, but I am talking about our amendments for care home managers because we feel that safeguards…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I very much agree with that. We have heard about a code of practice and regulations, but we cannot see any of these things. With this Bill, we should have had the promised detail…12 Feb 2019HANSARD Mental Capacity (Amendment) Bill [Lords]I absolutely agree with that. Local councils face a serious resource issue, and we see a pressing of this role away to care home managers. I have got some examples with me, but I…12 Feb 2019