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HANSARD Social Care ReformI thank the hon. Lady for her question, and for giving me the opportunity to talk about social care reform. I start by paying tribute to carers, paid and unpaid, for all they do…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformMy hon. Friend outlines a fantastic example: that is a really good use of town deal funding by Warrington. The academy—there are examples around the country—does an important…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI hope the hon. Lady will forgive me if I am not drawn on specific models of funding or paying for care, but the Government and I recognise that we have on the one hand the…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformActually what the hon. Member has just read out is completely untrue, completely misleading and does not reflect for a moment what has happened. I am very disappointed to hear her…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI thank my hon. Friend very much for his birthday wishes. I was not particularly planning to spend my birthday in this way, but it is a pleasure to talk about social care reform…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformIt is really important that discharge is carefully planned and that there is care and support at home for somebody when they are discharged from hospital, but it is also really…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI remind the hon. Member about the unprecedented support we have given social care during the pandemic: extra funding of £1.8 billion, over 2 billion items of free PPE delivered…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI do not on this occasion agree with my hon. Friend, but I do very much appreciate his consistency and his commitment to ensuring that we have an informed conversation about the…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI pay tribute to the hon. Member for the hours, the love and the effort that she has put into caring herself. She knows, from her own experience, the experience of carers across…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI thank my hon. Friend, and I recognise the situation right now. That is one reason why we are providing £3.8 billion in grants for adult and children’s social care this financial…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. Care is expensive, and about one in seven people end up spending more than £100,000 on their care. Many people do not realise that care may…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformWe are working on our proposals for social care reform, and we are working across the sector. As I have said, I am already talking to and meeting those across the sector—care…23 Jun 2021HANSARD Social Care ReformI thank my hon. Friend for his involvement on the Health and Social Care Committee, whose reports I find really helpful; they provide great insight and contribute to the…23 Jun 2021HANSARDMaking Vaccination a Condition of Deployment: Consultation ResponseOn 14 April, we informed the House of our intention to consult on a proposal to amend regulations to require care home providers, with at least one resident over the age of 65, to…17 Jun 2021HANSARDLearning Disabilities Mortality Review Programme: Fifth Annual ReportI would like to acknowledge today the publication of the fifth annual report of the learning disability mortality review (LeDeR) programme, now known as “Learning from lives and…10 Jun 2021HANSARDWinterbourne View Hospital and the Transforming Care ProgrammeIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Ms McVey. I thank the hon. Member for Worsley and Eccles South (Barbara Keeley) for securing this important debate, for opening…10 Jun 2021HANSARDWinterbourne View Hospital and the Transforming Care ProgrammeI can tell the right hon. Gentleman that achieving the 50% will be hard. I am all for being ambitious, but in fact, from everything I have seen, achieving it will be hard, partly…10 Jun 2021HANSARDWinterbourne View Hospital and the Transforming Care ProgrammeYes, we plan to publish the delivery plan. We want to have time for the delivery board to feed into it, because we set that up earlier this year. It is complex and…10 Jun 2021HANSARDAdult Social Care ReformI have huge respect for the right hon. Lady and her work in many areas, but I am disappointed by her language. She will appreciate that, together, the Department, local…08 Jun 2021HANSARDAdult Social Care ReformWhat I will say, after the enormously difficult year that social care has had through the pandemic, is that that has indeed strengthened the already strong case for reform of…08 Jun 2021