Manifesto Commitments Debate

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Department: Cabinet Office

Manifesto Commitments

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Excerpts
Tuesday 16th June 2020

(4 years, 2 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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My Lords, my noble friend recognises that we are living through un unprecedented crisis at the moment but, as he will well know, the Chancellor of the Exchequer has said that later this year there will be a Budget Statement, which will address a number of the concerns raised by my noble friend.

Lord Hunt of Kings Heath Portrait Lord Hunt of Kings Heath (Lab) [V]
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My Lords, another manifesto promise was for

“a long-term solution for social care”,

but we have been here before. Last July the Prime Minister, standing on the steps of Downing Street, said he had prepared “a clear plan” to

“fix the crisis in social care”,

but nothing happened, and the palpable neglect of the care sector during the current crisis has been all too evident. Where is the plan that the Prime Minister had so carefully prepared last summer, and how is it to be financed?