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HANSARDOlder People’s Housing TaskforceMy Lords, in considering the housing needs of older people, is the Minister mindful that many older people are also caring? It is not at all uncommon for people in their 70s to be…16 Dec 2024HANSARDNHS Plan: ConsultationMy Lords, does my noble friend the Minister agree that one of the groups that sometimes finds it difficult to interact with health service professionals is unpaid carers? Despite…02 Dec 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportMy Lords, I readily acknowledge the welcome concessions by the Chancellor in the Budget and thank my noble friend for her response. There is never any difficulty in getting…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportI beg leave to ask the Question in my name on the Order Paper and remind your Lordships that today is Carers Rights Day.21 Nov 2024HANSARDCarers and Poverty: Carers UK ReportTo ask His Majesty’s Government how they plan to respond to the Carers UK report Poverty and financial hardship of unpaid carers in the UK , published on 12 September, and in…21 Nov 2024HANSARDCancer: Older PeopleMy Lords, as another happy statistic, I ask whether my noble friend thinks that older people are perhaps more reluctant than our younger friends to mention symptoms and are more…19 Nov 2024HANSARDNational Carers StrategyMy Lords, would my noble friend agree that one of the major problems suffered by carers is recognition, not just by other people but by themselves? They say, “I am a wife”, “I am…19 Nov 2024HANSARDCommunity and Voluntary SectorMy Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Morgan for this debate. It was an honour to precede her as president of the NCVO and to listen to the maiden speech of the noble Baroness,…31 Oct 2024HANSARDHospices: FundingMy Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Farmer, for securing this debate and for his excellent speech reminding us of the philosophical basis of hospices. My remarks are…24 Oct 2024HANSARDSocial Care StrategyMy Lords, it is a great pleasure and honour to welcome my noble friend Lady Keeley to your Lordships’ House and to be the first to congratulate her on her marvellous maiden…10 Oct 2024HANSARDNHS: Independent InvestigationDoes the Minister agree that integration between the different branches of the NHS, or rather a lack of it, is one of the problems? It is particularly a problem for patients. It…08 Oct 2024HANSARDArrangement of BusinessMy Lords, I start with the usual warning that, if there is a Division in the Chamber while we are sitting, the Committee will adjourn as soon as the Division Bells ring and resume…10 Sept 2024HANSARDPalliative and End-of-life Care: FundingMy Lords, does my noble friend agree that when end-of-life or palliative care is delivered at home, the principal deliverers are usually the family—the unpaid carers—of the…04 Sept 2024HANSARDNHS Continuing HealthcareMy Lords, I wonder if other noble Lords share my experience of people who should have continuing care never even being told about its existence. As the noble Lord, Lord Crisp,…02 Sept 2024HANSARDCarer’s Allowance: RepaymentsMy Lords, it is good news indeed that the Minister of State is meeting with Carers UK. I am sure many of your Lordships will have seen the shocking report that came out this…29 Jul 2024HANSARDKing’s SpeechMy Lords, it is a great pleasure to speak again from the Government Benches in this debate, as I did in my first 13 years in your Lordships’ House. I warmly welcome the new…19 Jul 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceMy Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper and draw attention to my interests as set out in the register.21 May 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceTo ask His Majesty’s Government whether they plan to review their policy of fining carers who inadvertently break the earnings limit rule when claiming Carer’s Allowance.21 May 2024HANSARDCarer’s AllowanceMy Lords, talking of undue hardship, I hope the Minister will now confirm the figures, which were finally released last week, that more than £250 million is being clawed back from…21 May 2024HANSARDIntegration of Primary and Community Care (Committee Report)My Lords, many of your Lordships will know that for a long time I have been concerned with health and social care principally though the experience of carers. I have lost count of…09 May 2024