Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between David Morris and Jackie Doyle-Price

Tuesday 19th December 2017 Commons Chamber

[Jackie Doyle-Price]

The hon. Lady will be aware that, immediately following these questions, we will be having a statement on funding from the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. I remind her again that we have made an additional £9.25 billion available for social care over three years, but she is right that the long-term sustainability will be addressed by reform, which is why we are bringing forward the Green Paper. As to the figures on unmet needs, I simply do not recognise them. The entitlement to care is enshrined in the Care Act, and those rights are protected.

[David Morris (Morecambe and Lunesdale) (Con)]

6. What his priorities are for the additional funding allocated to the NHS in autumn Budget 2017.