G8 Summit on Dementia

Baroness Hanham Excerpts
Tuesday 17th December 2013

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Earl Howe Portrait Earl Howe
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My Lords, we certainly hope that the private and charitable sectors will respond to the call, but at the same time the Government are not dictating to the research funding bodies which projects they should support. The Haldane principle is very important. The noble Lord makes an extremely powerful point, and we would hope that the pharmaceutical companies will wish to step up to the plate.

Baroness Hanham Portrait Baroness Hanham (Con)
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My Lords, will the Minister be kind enough to explain exactly what is going to be achieved by training public servants such as bus drivers in dementia, what is the purpose behind it and what we hope those public servants will be able to do?