Southern Cross Healthcare

Emma Reynolds Excerpts
Thursday 16th June 2011

(13 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Paul Burstow Portrait Paul Burstow
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Such work is in hand and has been for some time.

Emma Reynolds Portrait Emma Reynolds (Wolverhampton North East) (Lab)
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There is concern among Members on both sides of the House that 31,000 of the most vulnerable people in our country face having to move care home, with all the risks to their health that that involves. The Minister should not introduce a White Paper but sense the urgency of the matter. He should introduce regulations to ensure that the sector is more tightly regulated, and that such a situation does not happen again.

Paul Burstow Portrait Paul Burstow
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I understand the desire of all hon. Members for urgent action and a rapid resolution that secures the interests of residents, but I did not hear the hon. Lady suggest what those changes to regulation should be. When she cares to offer such suggestions, we can look at them.