Social Care Funding
Debate between Tim Farron and Vince Cable(4 years, 8 months ago)
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Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
I am grateful to my right hon. Friend for giving way. He rightly points out the importance of unpaid carers. Any new consensus, which must come, should make clear provision to support those who do the caring— 12,000 unpaid carers in my constituency alone. If they were to cease caring—if we do not care for the carers—the social care burden on the taxpayer more generally becomes even more unmanageable.
Sir Vince Cable
Indeed. My hon. Friend is right, and he reinforces the central point I am making.
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Funding
Debate between Tim Farron and Vince Cable(5 years, 3 months ago)
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Sir Vince Cable
Indeed. That is happening on a growing scale, and is augmented by the fact that many children are being excluded because of the lack of support. That, in turn, contributes to home education, which may be inferior.
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
Does my right hon. Friend agree that the crisis in funding is about not only the overall sum of money but the distribution? Government policy means that schools have to absorb up to £11,000 of the cost of meeting an EHCP. Schools that do the right thing and accept children with special educational needs are therefore punished, and those that do not are rewarded. Does he agree that that is an unfair and wrong distribution?
Sir Vince Cable
Indeed. In addition to the problem facing local authorities, schools in effect pay a £6,000 penalty. Many schools that were committed to inclusion now find that increasingly difficult and are shying away from their obligations.
Leaving the EU: Negotiations
Debate between Tim Farron and Vince Cable(5 years, 10 months ago)
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Sir Vince Cable
I am perfectly happy to respect the referendum that we have had, but it is utterly respectful, and quite common practice in many countries, to have a confirmatory referendum when a Government have produced a deal. That is good constitutional practice and good politics, and Liberal Democrat Members argue for it strongly.
Tim Farron (Westmorland and Lonsdale) (LD)
My right hon. Friend will of course remember that the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden (Mr Davis) proposed exactly the same course of action whereby one could have an initial referendum and another that confirmed it later on. Does he agree with the right hon. Gentleman?