Care: Budget

Countess of Mar Excerpts

Wednesday 28th January 2015 Lords Chamber

[Baroness Jolly]

I think that is highly laudable. However, the situation that we find ourselves in is that over the past five years we have had over 1 million more over-65s, and unfortunately that adds hugely to the care bill. So, I regret that we may not be able to meet some of Winston Churchill’s demands.

[The Countess of Mar (CB)]

My Lords, at the beginning of last month, I led a debate on the lack of a governance framework for social and health care. Has the noble Baroness taken time to think about what I said? She offered me a meeting but that has not transpired.