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Personal Care at Home Bill

We go around the same arguments that we have been having all afternoon. The right hon. Gentleman fails to acknowledge the importance of supporting people independently in their homes, which I thought all parties accepted. The people with the highest needs are the people to whom we have given priority, as a step along the road to a national care service that will meet the needs of all older people—indeed, all adults over the age of 18—over the years to come. His party recognises that that is a huge challenge, and we are endeavouring to propose measures for it.