Oral Answers

Debate between Helen Whately and Mark Eastwood

Tuesday 25th April 2023 Commons Chamber

[Helen Whately]

Out of that, I can pick one thing we agree on: the importance of helping people to live independently at home for longer and social care as a part of that. I say to the hon. Lady, as I said a moment ago, that we have not cut a penny of funding from our commitments to adult social care, both on adult social reform and on the historic £7.5 billion of adult social care funding announced in the autumn statement. We are forging ahead with our reforms, with the workforce at their heart, because the workforce is crucial, hand in hand with the digitisation of social care, improving data, joining up health and social care, and supporting unpaid carers.

[Mark Eastwood (Dewsbury) (Con)]

5. What steps his Department is taking to encourage people to stop smoking.