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Personal Care at Home Bill

Before the noble Earl, Lord Howe, responds, I thank the Minister for her extremely constructive response to my amendment. There is clearly a firm commitment on her part to breathe some life into the principle of portability that I have pursued for a number of years. I am not yet entirely sure whether the solution that she proposes would achieve all that my amendment would, but we have a chance to make real progress. I will seek an early opportunity to meet her and her officials to discuss the government proposal on the regulation, and look forward to achieving a significant degree of continuity of care for those with critical-plus needs through good, firm regulation.