Unpaid Carers
Lord Dubs Excerpts(2 weeks, 5 days ago)
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Lord Leong (Lab)
As the noble Baroness has said, the Casey commission is considering the long-term future of adult social care. We must let the review take its course. Alongside that, we are already reviewing employment rights for unpaid carers through a separate consultation. We are not waiting to gather any evidence, but we will consider carefully what more can be done to help carers remain in employment.
Lord Dubs (Lab)
My Lords, does my noble friend agree that there is a particular difficulty for those who have given up full-time work—indeed given up work altogether—in order to be full-time carers? They are then left in a position where they have virtually no pension and no security. When their loved one dies, they are left entirely on their own without much support.
Lord Leong (Lab)
I totally agree with my noble friend. That is why we are conducting a review and various consultations to ensure that we better support our carers up and down the country to have unpaid leave as is necessary, and also to get the care that they need to support their loved ones.
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Lord Dubs Excerpts(1 year, 10 months ago)
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Baroness Kennedy of Cradley (Lab)
My Lords, on behalf of my noble friend, and with his permission, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in his name on the Order Paper.