Adjournment debate on Thursday, 26 February 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Terry Rooney. The answering member was Jonathan Shaw.

Carers

Westminster hall debate on a motion for the adjournment on carers. (Relevant documents: Work and Pensions Select Committee fourth report of session 2007-08, on Valuing and Supporting Carers, HC 485, and the Government's response, HC 105, Session 2008-09) Motion made, and Question proposed, That the sitting be now adjourned.—(Jonathan Shaw.)

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 488 c143-82WH
Session: 2008-09
Department: Department for Work and Pensions
Chamber / Committee: Westminster Hall
Related items: Valuing and supporting carers. Work and Pensions Select Committee fourth report in 2 volumes with proceedings, evidence (HC 485 i-iii not printed separately) and appendices.
Thursday, 17 July 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons; Valuing and supporting carers. Work and Pensions Select Committee first special report - government response to the Committee's fourth report of session 2007-08 (HC 485).
Wednesday, 17 December 2008
Parliamentary committees
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Greg Mulholland | 488 c171-2WH (Link to this contribution) Absolutely. I thank the hon. Gentleman for that excellent point. That idea came directly from speaki...; Nigel Waterson | 488 c172-4WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I do not know about you, but at t...; Greg Mulholland | 488 c169-70WH (Link to this contribution) I warmly thank the hon. Lady for that important example, which shows that meeting people and seeing ...; Oliver Heald | 488 c170WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Gentleman agree that the May 2008 Populus poll for Saga, which found that less than 1 ...; Greg Mulholland | 488 c170-1WH (Link to this contribution) That is another powerful example, and I thank the hon. Gentleman, my Committee colleague, for it. T...; Harry Cohen | 488 c171WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes a good point about training, and he is quite right that training and facili...; Anne Begg | 488 c166WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is right. If a local authority does not consider such services a priority, we get the...; Harry Cohen | 488 c166-7WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for making that point, which I fully agree with. Similar examples in...; Greg Mulholland | 488 c167-9WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. I begin by explaining that I am wearin...; Anne Begg | 488 c169WH (Link to this contribution) One of the other things that we discovered in Australia is that they are much more imaginative in de...; Harry Cohen | 488 c165-6WH (Link to this contribution) As a member of the Work and Pensions Committee, I am pleased to be associated with this good report,...; Hywel Francis | 488 c163WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for arriving late. I have been talking in the Chamber about a Welsh Assembly Government ...; Adrian Bailey | 488 c163-5WH (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention, and join him in thanking Crossroads and recognising it...; Joan Humble | 488 c162WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that my hon. Friend is well aware that one reason why young carers are a silent group is t...; Adrian Bailey | 488 c162-3WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely important point. I was going to come to the difficulties of identi...; Anne Begg | 488 c158-61WH (Link to this contribution) I should like to extend my thanks to the members of the Work and Pensions Committee for producing a ...; Adrian Bailey | 488 c162WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship again, Sir John. I preface my remarks by saying th...; Harry Cohen | 488 c157WH (Link to this contribution) May I say something before the hon. Gentleman leaves this issue of a network of carer centres up and...; Oliver Heald | 488 c157-8WH (Link to this contribution) I agree with how our Chairman, the hon. Member for Bradford, North (Mr. Rooney), put it. There are l...; Oliver Heald | 488 c156-7WH (Link to this contribution) We have heard two comprehensive speeches, and I do not intend to repeat the points that have been ma...; Terry Rooney | 488 c178WH (Link to this contribution) Can the Minister give today a timetable for the Green Paper—a prospective time frame for its publica...; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c178WH (Link to this contribution) Is my hon. Friend referring to care and support?; Nigel Waterson | 488 c177WH (Link to this contribution) Just as well.; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c177-8WH (Link to this contribution) Indeed so. The Chairman talked about the contribution that the voluntary sector has made. He referre...; Terry Rooney | 488 c178WH (Link to this contribution) I am referring to what the Minister suggested about options for carer's allowance.; Oliver Heald | 488 c174WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an important point about the future. The bill for benefits for those who ca...; Nigel Waterson | 488 c176WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for that sedentary intervention. Whatever it was, I do not think that interest rates i...; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c176-7WH (Link to this contribution) I thank the Select Committee for and congratulate it on the report, which is a well informed piece o...; Nigel Waterson | 488 c174-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for my hon. Friend's further reference to Australia. He has obviously been hacking int...; Terry Rooney | 488 c176WH (Link to this contribution) It was 18 per cent. under the Conservatives.; Joan Humble | 488 c150-2WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir John. As a member of the Select Committ...; John Howell | 488 c150WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an excellent point. I agree that, given the sort of pressures that carers are u...; Joan Humble | 488 c152-3WH (Link to this contribution) My Chairman makes an excellent point. When we visited Harrogate, we saw how enthusiastic the workers...; Terry Rooney | 488 c152WH (Link to this contribution) Just to update my hon. Friend and other members of the Committee, I should say that since we visited...; Joan Humble | 488 c153-4WH (Link to this contribution) My Select Committee colleague makes a good point. We had a wealth of evidence about financial pressu...; Harry Cohen | 488 c153WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making some very good points, and the distinction that she has brought out is impo...; Joan Humble | 488 c154-5WH (Link to this contribution) That point is recognition of how difficult the problems are. When the Government announced last year...; Oliver Heald | 488 c154WH (Link to this contribution) I follow the hon. Lady's logic. Does she agree that the Government are teasing carers? On the one ha...; Joan Humble | 488 c155WH (Link to this contribution) I do share that disappointment. There would be value in piloting the scheme to see how it works. Som...; Nigel Waterson | 488 c155WH (Link to this contribution) Does the hon. Lady share my disappointment that the suggestion was not taken up that care vouchers b...; Joan Humble | 488 c144WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making an excellent point. The Government have said that they do not want piecemea...; Terry Rooney | 488 c144WH (Link to this contribution) Never let it be said that the power of Select Committees cannot move mountains, even if it is only a...; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c144WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that, and anticipated that he would. We have drafted a n...; Terry Rooney | 488 c143-4WH (Link to this contribution) This is the first time that I have had the pleasure of being in this forum when you have been in the...; John Howell | 488 c148-9WH (Link to this contribution) May I welcome you to the Chair, Sir John, and express my pleasure in serving under you. It is a pri...; Terry Rooney | 488 c145-8WH (Link to this contribution) The straight answer is no, it is not. I want to come on to that point, but I also want to talk about...; Oliver Heald | 488 c145WH (Link to this contribution) I am listening carefully to the Chairman of the Select Committee's excellent speech. Does he agree t...; Terry Rooney | 488 c144-5WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an extremely intelligent point. There needs to be some alignment of the change ...; John Penrose | 488 c150WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is making a series of excellent points. Does he share my great disappointment in the ...; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c180-1WH (Link to this contribution) Did I say Leicestershire? Good grief; I meant Lancashire, the proud red rose county in the north-wes...; Joan Humble | 488 c180WH (Link to this contribution) Lancashire.; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c178-80WH (Link to this contribution) I am not able to give my hon. Friend a timetable. He knows that the care and support programme is co...; Greg Mulholland | 488 c182WH (Link to this contribution) North-West.; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c182WH (Link to this contribution) Heavens above! Thank you very much. The hon. Member for Leeds, North-West (Greg Mulholland) rightly...; Terry Rooney | 488 c181WH (Link to this contribution) I am not especially in favour of care vouchers—there are all sorts of issues there—but there is a st...; Jonathan Shaw | 488 c181-2WH (Link to this contribution) We must consider the infrastructure, as well as how we apply the benefits. A move towards vouchers, ...; Speaker | 488 c182WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the Committee on what I thought was an excellent debate on a fascinating subject. If ...
Subjects: Disadvantaged Carers Income support Pay Tax allowances
Contains statistics: Yes
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