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Tue 23rd Oct 2018
Elder Abuse
Commons Chamber
(Adjournment Debate)

Elder Abuse

Debate between Giles Watling and John Howell
Tuesday 23rd October 2018

(6 years, 2 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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John Howell Portrait John Howell (Henley) (Con)
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I thank my hon. Friend kindly for giving way; he is being very generous. He is portraying this as a British problem, but does he agree that it is not just a British problem? The World Health Organisation has published material that shows that this is happening all around the world. It is a generational problem that we have to deal with, as he rightly points out.

Giles Watling Portrait Giles Watling
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I absolutely take my hon. Friend’s point that this happens all over the world, but we must clean up our own act first and make sure that we are far ahead of the game, as far as the rest of the world is concerned. Where we lead, others follow.