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House of Commons (Participation) Bill

I tend to agree in part with what the hon. Gentleman is saying. Sometimes, people are ill-informed about such matters not of their own volition, but because of the stories that are spread around. Let us consider a typical example that I often hear from colleagues in this place. Some people say, ““Isn’t Scotland lucky—it has free personal care for the elderly?”” Financial support is offered north of the border in that regard, but such care is not as free as people think. An element of envy creeps in, and significant misinformation perhaps leads people south of Hadrian’s wall to think that it is a paradise north of the border, and that they are being badly let down in some way.