Winterbourne View

Baroness Northover Excerpts

Tuesday 30th October 2012 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Northover]

My Lords, I remind noble Lords of the Companion, which says that Statements are a time for brief comments and questions, not for immediate debate. If noble Lords are brief as many as possible will be able to contribute.

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[Baroness Emerton]

My Lords—

[Baroness Northover]

My Lords, I have been keeping a tally and it is the turn of the Labour Party and then the Cross-Benchers.

[Baroness Donaghy]

Is the Minister satisfied that not a single senior manager or owner went to jail as a result of the Winterbourne View scandal? Given that, how on earth is a culture change going to be promoted in these organisations? Can he assure the House that the responsibility and any judicial changes will be considered as part of any review?

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[Viscount Tenby]

My Lords—

[Baroness Northover]

I think it is the turn of the Liberal Democrats and then maybe the Cross-Benchers after that.

[Lord Cotter]

My Lords, I very much welcome the mention of training once again today. It is so important that support workers are trained. One issue that has come to my notice quite frequently is that through a lack of training, support workers question the trained professionals an awful lot. The management also need to be trained to back up the professionals who are trained in their job as a vocation, so that the less well trained support workers respect their decisions.