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Fiona Mactaggart
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(13 years, 1 month ago)
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Maria Miller
It is vital for such assessment centres to be fully accessible. I should be delighted to take up the point and report back to the hon. Lady.
Fiona Mactaggart (Slough) (Lab)
I am still confused after the Minister’s reply to an earlier question, in which she said that the proposal to cut mobility allowance for people in residential care homes had been withdrawn. Can she tell us why the proposal is still in the Health and Social Care Bill, and specify the nature of the continuing review of the proposal to which she and other Ministers have referred?
Maria Miller
The provision in the Bill is intended to ensure that there are no overlapping payments for anyone who is receiving other forms of Government money. That is very straightforward. As I told the hon. Member for Halifax (Mrs Riordan), the purpose of the review is to ensure that the most vulnerable members of our community are given the support that they need, and that the current confusion ends.