Business of the House Debate

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Department: Leader of the House

Business of the House

Geraint Davies Excerpts
Thursday 3rd June 2010

(14 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Lord Young of Cookham Portrait Sir George Young
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There are oral questions to the relevant Department a week today, so I hope that my hon. Friend will have the opportunity to share his concern with Ministers and get a robust response.

Geraint Davies Portrait Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op)
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When will the Leader of the House timetable a debate on the provision of respite care homes and, in particular, on their closure when there is an urgent need for them and no alternative provision? I am thinking, in particular, of the possible closure of Earlsmoor respite care home in my constituency. Does he agree that such homes should not be closed when no alternative provision has been made, given what is, in many cases, a thankless task carried out by thousands of carers?