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HANSARDEnd-of-life CareThe Minister will know that her colleague, the Justice Secretary, has declined to proceed with a call for evidence on the sensitive issue of assisted dying. Would it not be…29 Oct 2019HANSARDNo-deal Brexit: AirportsWhatever happens to Brexit, some of us have been greatly encouraged by the comments of the Secretary of State, of the Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural…24 Oct 2019HANSARDVoter IdentificationIs not the inevitable consequence of creating this obstacle to voting in person that anybody who wants to cheat the system will simply migrate to postal and proxy voting, where…23 Oct 2019HANSARDApprenticeship LevyHow does the Secretary of State explain the fact that the Government’s own skill index, which measures the value added from apprenticeships and vocational training, is now 25%…22 Oct 2019HANSARD Prime Minister’s StatementFollowing the earlier question from the right hon. Member for South West Hertfordshire (Mr Gauke), the Prime Minister will know that there is a great deal of anxiety in the…19 Oct 2019HANSARDAssisted Dying13. What recent public consultation he has conducted on the law in relation to assisted dying.08 Oct 2019HANSARDAssisted DyingThe Secretary of State will be aware that, under the current law, people can be sentenced to up to 14 years in prison for assisting the suicide of a terminally ill loved one in…08 Oct 2019HANSARDTerminally Ill People17. Is the Minister aware that there can be severe financial stress for the carer when a terminally ill person dies? One of my constituents was forced into serious debt as a…07 Oct 2019HANSARDTourism Sector1. What recent steps she has taken to support the tourism sector.03 Oct 2019HANSARDTourism SectorSince the expansion of the tourist industry has undoubted economic benefits but significant local costs, will the Minister accede to the request of local authorities of different…03 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingI beg to move, That this House has considered social care funding. I should like to introduce a discussion on the funding of social care and narrow that to adult social care and…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingWill the hon. Gentleman wait a moment? I will happily take interventions in a few minutes. At the root of this—and trying to be generous to all parties—is a lot of public…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingYes, there is a lot of joint thinking. We have the joint House of Commons Committees, and my hon. Friend the Member for Totnes (Dr Wollaston), as Chair, was critically involved in…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingIf the hon. Gentleman lets me go through this, I will take an intervention. The first point is the rapid growth of demand as a result of an ageing population. We all know that. As…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingI will take an intervention, but I will return to the theme in a moment.01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingYes, that is quite right. We tend to use dementia, particularly the work of the Alzheimer’s Society and others, to illustrate the problems here but they are not unique. Many…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingIndeed. My hon. Friend is right, and he reinforces the central point I am making.01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingI will come to that point later and to the heart of what I understand to be the Labour proposal—on free personal care—in not too polemical a way. It presents opportunities but…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingThat is the case, and I hope that when the Green Paper appears there will be a proper, objective look at free personal care. In the past this has been an ideological issue, but…01 Oct 2019HANSARD Social Care FundingMy hon. Friend is right to point out the practicalities of this issue. That links to one of the current difficulties with domiciliary care, which is that providers are often not…01 Oct 2019