Interim NHS People Plan

Liz McInnes Excerpts
Wednesday 5th June 2019

(4 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Liz McInnes Portrait Liz McInnes (Heywood and Middleton) (Lab)
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Despite the vital role played by carers in society, they merit just a paragraph in the plan. Will the Minister ensure that his Department matches Labour’s commitment to publish a full strategy for carers and to increase carer’s allowance to the same rate as jobseeker’s allowance?

Stephen Hammond Portrait Stephen Hammond
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I welcome Labour’s commitment to publish a paper, but the hon. Lady will know that the Department is going to publish a Green Paper on adult social care. We are finalising that. [Interruption.] The hon. Member for Leicester South (Jonathan Ashworth) shouts at me. I know he makes a lot of promises without detail. We want to make promises that have detail and can work.