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HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI would like to start by restating our commitment to reducing the number of preventable deaths among those of our population with a learning disability and to addressing the…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThank you, Mr Speaker. With regard to the LeDeR programme, I have committed in the past and will commit once again to bringing the final report before Parliament on the day of…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThank you for clarifying that, Mr Speaker. I do not dispute that this is absolutely the right place and time to discuss this very important issue, but more broadly I think that…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThis is not a mess; the Department of Health and Social Care requested that NHS England commission the whole LeDeR programme. The report is an independent document, which is very…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewMy right hon. Friend makes a perfect point. As I have said, I will not go into the details of the report—the independent report—that have been leaked and that have not yet been…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI thank the hon. Lady for her question. This very thorough consultation has received more than 5,000 responses. It has very recently concluded, and we are now going through those…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThis is really important. We have seen an increase in reports of segregation and restraint, but that is partly because we have seen much better recording of the data. That is also…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI start by saying that I am always very happy to meet the right hon. Gentleman because he has great expertise, knowledge and understanding of this field and often makes incredibly…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewThe hon. Lady is absolutely right to raise the case of Connor Sparrowhawk, which was an absolutely tragic lack of care. I have met his mum, Dr Sara Ryan, and I greatly value her…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI do not think I could have said it any better than my right hon. Friend. Mencap has put out a fantastic tweet featuring a particularly special young man who has Down’s syndrome.…15 May 2019HANSARD Learning Disabilities Mortality ReviewI am grateful to my hon. Friend for his impassioned plea; he makes an excellent point. We have spoken quite comprehensively today about how important it is that people with…15 May 2019HANSARDDementia SupportWe are absolutely committed to ensuring that everybody, including those who live with dementia, has access to the care and support that they need. We have noted the very important…07 May 2019HANSARDDementia SupportWe are absolutely committed to making this the best country in the world in which to live with dementia by 2020. Already, more than two thirds of people with dementia receive a…07 May 2019HANSARDAutismI am pleased the hon. Gentleman has raised this issue, because he is absolutely right that we need to drive up performance nationally on diagnosis for autistic people. It is only…07 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsThis is all about getting more money into the system. That is why we have increased spending on adult social care by 9% over the last three years. We are focusing on attracting…07 May 2019HANSARDTopical QuestionsYes. By 2020, we expect all relevant staff to have received appropriate dementia training.07 May 2019HANSARDDementia SupportMr History sounds fabulous. There will be a new academy of social prescribing, which will look at some of the incredibly valuable work done by communities up and down the country…07 May 2019HANSARDAutismMy hon. Friend is absolutely right to raise this issue. Reasonable adjustments are critical for improving the experiences of health and care for autistic people. That is why the…07 May 2019HANSARDAutismOf the original 2015 cohort that the hon. Lady mentioned, 6,325 people have been discharged and 476 beds have been decommissioned, but the thing is that people are still coming…07 May 2019HANSARDAutismThat is a really good point. We all know that access to respite care can be incredibly valuable, both for autistic people and their carers and their loved ones. That is why we are…07 May 2019