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HANSARD Whorlton HallThe hon. Lady is saying from a sedentary position that we should close settings, but we are talking about very vulnerable people who have complex needs and require special care,…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallI do not agree with the hon. Lady that what I have said today is about warm words; it is about action. The CQC report that came out on Tuesday was commissioned by our Secretary of…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallThe Care Quality Commission is taking the situation incredibly seriously. Some massive concerns were raised last night, and Paul Lelliott from the CQC apologised and said that the…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallThese exchanges reflect the views that I am certain we all hold, and I thank the right hon. Gentleman for raising all those questions. The culture and behaviour shown on…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallMany of us here today, and many of those listening and watching this urgent question, will have seen the very disturbing footage shown on the “Panorama” TV programme last night.…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallI am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that, because it is the whistleblowers who have brought these concerns to everyone’s attention. It is deeply regrettable that…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallI greatly respect all the work that the hon. Gentleman does with autistic people, and I know he is passionate about this. He is right. We have committed to review the autism…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallThere is already a cross-departmental working group on disability, and quite rightly, this could be part of its work. In addition, as part of the response to the CQC report…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise that point. I think the CQC itself admitted to this. In fact, some of its social media engagement over the past 24 hours has been…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallLet me clarify what I said, because I think the hon. Lady might have slightly got the wrong end of the stick. I did not say that Cygnet was being put on a group that is…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallThat is what we are looking towards, which is why the Government are putting so much more money—£4.5 billion of the extra investment in the NHS—into the sorts of community…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallThe hon. Lady knows that I listen very carefully to what she says. I completely share her frustration about the delays to the social care Green Paper, but I do not think that we…23 May 2019HANSARD Whorlton HallThe Secretary of State commissioned a report on exactly that—segregation and restrictive practice. It was published on Tuesday, and we have accepted all the recommendations. We…23 May 2019HANSARDCQC: Review of Restrictive Practices, Seclusion and SegregationThe Government have made improving the care and treatment of autistic people and people with a learning disability a priority. Society is rightly judged on the way it treats its…21 May 2019HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review ProgrammeI am announcing today the publication of the third annual report of the Learning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme (LeDeR). A copy has been deposited in the Libraries of…21 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI do recognise what the hon. Lady is saying. It is difficult to know how best to analyse something as tragic as a death—how to bring forward all the relevant expertise. That is…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that nobody with a learning disability, autism or any other condition should expect to receive worse care. Everybody should expect the same…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThe hon. Gentleman has partly tapped into my frustration with the fact that I am here today commenting on leaks of a report that has not yet been published, rather than on the…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThe hon. Lady is absolutely right that we need to have much more discussions like this in this place because health inequalities need to be addressed and we need to be outspoken…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThe hon. Lady is right that vaccinations are very important. We have introduced the annual health check for people with learning disabilities because it is an opportunity for them…15 May 2019