Baroness Brinton
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(9 years, 2 months ago)
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Lord Prior of Brampton
I thank my noble friend for that important observation, with which I agree completely.
Baroness Brinton (LD)
My Lords, the better care fund was a good starting point for the integration of health and social care, but the Government deferring the integration of the spending limits in the Dilnot review means, we are told, that there are £6 billion of savings. Will the Government ensure that that saving of £6 billion from not fully implementing the integration of health and social care is put towards the new minimum wage and the new contracts ensuring that staff are paid for travel between appointments?
Lord Prior of Brampton
The position on the savings from deferring the introduction of the Dilnot proposals is that they are being taken into account under the spending round and I cannot comment further today.