Adult Social Care: Challenge Procedures Debate
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Lord McColl of Dulwich
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Adult Social Care: Challenge Procedures
Lord McColl of Dulwich Excerpts(1 year, 8 months ago)
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Lord Markham (Con)
Yes, absolutely; a large part of it is from central government funding and a large part is from local authority funding, given local authorities’ ability to use a precept and increase council tax. Of the 153 local authorities, 151 have taken that opportunity to increase the council tax.
Lord McColl of Dulwich (Con)
My Lords, does the Minister agree that in talking about the costs of health and social care, we seem to have forgotten that 40 million people in this country are moving slowly towards suicide by putting too many calories in their mouths, which is costing £27 billion every year?
Lord Markham (Con)
I will answer quickly to allow a final question, but yes, our anti-obesity strategy is very much about that.