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Debate between Mary Glindon and Baroness Keeley
Tuesday 17th July 2012
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Mrs Mary Glindon (North Tyneside) (Lab)
2. What steps he is taking to bring forward legislative proposals on the funding of social care.
Barbara Keeley (Worsley and Eccles South) (Lab)
15. What steps he is taking to bring forward legislative proposals on the funding of social care.
The Minister of State, Department of Health (Paul Burstow)
The draft Care and Support Bill contains clauses that support our commitment to introduce a universal deferred payments scheme and a national eligibility threshold. We have set out our intention to base a new funding model on the principles of the Dilnot commission model and we will take a decision in the next spending review.