Oral Answers to Questions
Debate between Heidi Alexander and Kelvin Hopkins
Kelvin Hopkins (Luton North) (Lab)
6. What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
Heidi Alexander (Lewisham East) (Lab)
7. What steps he is taking to help households improve their energy efficiency.
Social Care Funding
Debate between Heidi Alexander and Kelvin Hopkins(13 years ago)
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Kelvin Hopkins
There is the seven-year rule about tax on gifts. Many of the more acutely aware middle-class people with accountants transfer the ownership of their property long before they die, so that they never have these costs imposed on them.
Heidi Alexander
That is precisely the point. Families are asking questions about how this can happen. We need to have a fair system so that people know what to expect to pay for their care in later life, can have some peace of mind about it, and do not think that somebody else, who perhaps has a better knowledge of the system, can play it in a way that means that they do not have to pay out in the same way.