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Personal Care at Home Bill

My Lords, follow that, as they say. The noble Lord, Lord Lipsey, has three amendments in this group to which I have added my name, but I support all the amendments in this group. They go largely to delay and alter the style of implementation, giving the Government more time to do what they need to do to get this legislation in shape. It is the most important group of amendments that we have debated today. If it were to be accepted, it would allow all of us to feel a little more confident that what the Government want to achieve would eventually be achieved by a consensus between the parties and in the country about what needs to be done on personal care. This would give us a real breathing space, and an honourable one for this Government to accept. I support the amendments in this group and I hope very much that the Government will listen.