Ministerial statement on Tuesday, 14 July 2009, in the House of Commons, led by Andy Burnham.

Care and Support (Reform)

Statement on reform of the care and support system (including reference to the Shaping the Future of Care Together Green Paper - Cm 7673).

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 496 c157-74
Session: 2008-09
Department: Department of Health
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Related items: Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Departmental Publications
Monday, 12 October 2009
Written questions
House of Commons; Shaping the Future of Care Together - consultation paper.
Tuesday, 14 July 2009
Command papers
House of Commons
Proceeding contributions: Joan Humble | 496 c166 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome the clarity and certainty that the Secretary of State today offers care services...; Andy Burnham | 496 c166 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an important point. I pay tribute to her as chair of the all-party group on soc...; Andy Burnham | 496 c167 (Link to this contribution) If the hon. Gentleman will forgive me, I do not think that he can claim déjà vu because we have not ...; Paul Burstow | 496 c167 (Link to this contribution) Many people outside the House who have followed for many years the issue of how we pay for long-term...; Andy Burnham | 496 c167 (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point, but it is already the case that people can use personal budgets to help t...; Parmjit Dhanda | 496 c167 (Link to this contribution) May I associate myself with the remarks of my right hon. Friend the Member for Sheffield, Brightside...; Andy Burnham | 496 c166 (Link to this contribution) I thank the right hon. Gentleman for his comments, but that is the logic of our proposals. However, ...; Lord Young of Cookham | 496 c166 (Link to this contribution) Much in the Secretary of State's statement can be welcomed, particularly the sentence, "It is time t...; Andy Burnham | 496 c167 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes a powerful point. It is important to send out a message from today's statement ...; Ann Cryer | 496 c167 (Link to this contribution) I wonder whether my right hon. Friend feels that the options that he has given this afternoon, which...; Andy Burnham | 496 c168 (Link to this contribution) I am troubled by the right hon. Gentleman's remarks. If he is saying that the minimum wage or the st...; Nia Griffith | 496 c168 (Link to this contribution) I very much welcome my right hon. Friend's announcement about the national care service and, in part...; David Curry | 496 c168 (Link to this contribution) Care of the elderly is sometimes the hidden and often the unrecognised industry in my constituency a...; Andy Burnham | 496 c169 (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is right, and Crossroads is a wonderful example; I know the organisation well. Of...; Nigel Evans | 496 c169 (Link to this contribution) There are more than 6 million carers out there, including family and friends, and 1 million of them ...; Andy Burnham | 496 c169 (Link to this contribution) I must pay tribute to the huge experience and authority that my right hon. Friend brings to these ma...; Malcolm Wicks | 496 c169 (Link to this contribution) Given that this has been a growing issue for hundreds of thousands of families for at least 25 years...; Peter Bone | 496 c168 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State has been very courageous with his proposals, particularly in suggesting that ...; Andy Burnham | 496 c168 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the generous welcome that my hon. Friend has given the Green Paper. Obviously any ...; Andy Burnham | 496 c173-4 (Link to this contribution) It was quite astonishing that one of the Conservatives' proposals as a way of helping with social ca...; David Anderson | 496 c173 (Link to this contribution) I return to the point made by the right hon. Member for Skipton and Ripon (Mr. Curry). Staff are the...; Andy Burnham | 496 c174 (Link to this contribution) I thank my hon. Friend for his generous comments. Through him, I pay tribute to the good people of K...; Edward O'Hara | 496 c174 (Link to this contribution) I congratulate my right hon. Friend on introducing this long overdue Green Paper, and on his obvious...; Andy Burnham | 496 c173 (Link to this contribution) I strongly agree with my hon. Friend. People do become anxious about these issues. That is why I sai...; Andy Burnham | 496 c172 (Link to this contribution) I think that the Government have put the national health service back on its feet, and that people c...; Andy Burnham | 496 c172-3 (Link to this contribution) I welcome my hon. Friend's contribution to the debate. Nothing rules out his campaigning for that pa...; Fiona Mactaggart | 496 c173 (Link to this contribution) On Friday I spoke to an elder constituent who was contemplating suicide as her savings ran out. This...; Ronnie Campbell | 496 c172 (Link to this contribution) How will my right hon. Friend's proposals help older people in Northumberland, where the leading Lib...; Andy Burnham | 496 c171-2 (Link to this contribution) For any MP who would like it, we would endeavour to set up a local forum in which these issues could...; Geraldine Smith | 496 c172 (Link to this contribution) The mark of a civilised society is how well we look after the sick, old and vulnerable. This Governm...; Andy Burnham | 496 c172 (Link to this contribution) I cannot say that then proposals will help in the short term, but that is not what we want to see in...; Laura Moffatt | 496 c171 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that we in the House have a duty to get out there and consult people...; Lynne Jones | 496 c171 (Link to this contribution) The Tories oppose the national health service, so it is not surprising that they oppose the national...; Andy Burnham | 496 c171 (Link to this contribution) The challenge here—my hon. Friend puts it very well—is not just about what I put in and what I get o...; Bob Spink | 496 c170-1 (Link to this contribution) The right hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to bring these bold options before us for the longer te...; Andy Burnham | 496 c171 (Link to this contribution) I understand the hon. Gentleman's concern. We have been revising the guidance to local authorities. ...; Gordon Marsden | 496 c170 (Link to this contribution) Blackpool has above-average numbers of older people and care homes, and my constituents will be grat...; Andy Burnham | 496 c170 (Link to this contribution) On my hon. Friend's first point, the investment in the work force is vital and the social care skill...; Andy Burnham | 496 c170 (Link to this contribution) Of course, and we will continue our discussions with Michael McGimpsey and others in Northern Irelan...; Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown | 496 c170 (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Secretary of State appreciates the fact that, across the United Kingdom, many peo...; Andy Burnham | 496 c169-70 (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend raises an important point. A positive development alongside the publication of the Gr...; Dari Taylor | 496 c169 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome and support my right hon. Friend's statement today, but I would say to him that thi...; Speaker | 496 c164 (Link to this contribution) Order. A further 24 Members are seeking to catch my eye. As ever, I would like to accommodate as man...; Andy Burnham | 496 c164 (Link to this contribution) I thank my right hon. Friend for her comments. I pay tribute to her for the work that she did when I...; Patricia Hewitt | 496 c164 (Link to this contribution) I warmly welcome the substance of my right hon. Friend's statement and the spirit in which he made i...; Andy Burnham | 496 c163-4 (Link to this contribution) In response to the hon. Gentleman's final point, we are publishing these proposals today because we ...; Andy Burnham | 496 c165-6 (Link to this contribution) First, I pay tribute to the hon. Gentleman, who I know takes great interest in the matter and has do...; Jeremy Wright | 496 c165 (Link to this contribution) The Secretary of State referred to the wish to see a system that "ends the cruel lottery of older pe...; Andy Burnham | 496 c165 (Link to this contribution) I certainly recognise from my own family experience, as I am sure other hon. Members do from theirs,...; Lord Blunkett | 496 c165 (Link to this contribution) Does my right hon. Friend agree that the army of family and informal voluntary carers to whom he pai...; Andy Burnham | 496 c165 (Link to this contribution) I can explain to the right hon. Gentleman that I said clearly in answer to his colleague that we wou...; Speaker | 496 c161 (Link to this contribution) Order. There is far too much chuntering from a sedentary position from those on the Opposition Front...; Norman Lamb | 496 c162-3 (Link to this contribution) I thank the Secretary of State for early sight of the statement and the Green Paper. The truth is, h...; Andy Burnham | 496 c157-9 (Link to this contribution) With permission, Mr. Speaker, I should like to make a statement on the care and support Green Paper ...; Andy Burnham | 496 c161-2 (Link to this contribution) I cannot be alone in finding the tone in which the hon. Gentleman introduced his comments disappoint...; Lord Lansley | 496 c159-61 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the Secretary of State for making a copy of the Green Paper available to me an hour...; Andy Burnham | 496 c168 (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the hon. Gentleman's generous comments. I know that he has proposed some fundament...; Kelvin Hopkins | 496 c172 (Link to this contribution) The royal commission recommended free long-term care for everyone, paid for out of progressive taxat...; Stephen Dorrell | 496 c164 (Link to this contribution) May I invite the Secretary of State to respond to his own challenge to rise above the party politica...
Subjects: Care homes Carers Community care Advisory services Capital rules Health services Finance Insurance Older people Social security benefits Standards Social services Personal budgets
Contains statistics: Yes
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Care and Support (Reform)

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