Tom Clarke: All Documents

Division Vote (Commons)
26 Mar 2015 - Elections for Positions in the House - View Vote Context
Tom Clarke (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and in line with the House
One of 187 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 202 Noes - 228

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 26 Mar 2015
Penrose Inquiry

"You will recall, Mr Speaker, that on many occasions I have raised the case of John Prior, who is from Moodiesburn in my constituency. He was infected in the ’70s and his files have been lost. To put it bluntly, he is devastated; he says that the report offers him …..."
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MP Expense Claim
Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)

Date

Thu 26th Mar 2015
428375

Type

Office Costs
(Advertising)

Description

Irish Voice
office Costs

Amount

£75.00
Paid

MP Expense Claim
Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)

Date

Thu 26th Mar 2015
426721

Type

MP Travel
(Parking)

Description

NCP LIMITED Automobile Parking Lots and Garages
Reconciliation
Between London & Constituency

Amount

£5.00
Paid

Division Vote (Commons)
25 Mar 2015 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Tom Clarke (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 217 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 231 Noes - 305

Division Vote (Commons)
25 Mar 2015 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Tom Clarke (Lab) voted Aye - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 216 Labour Aye votes vs 0 Labour No votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 230 Noes - 309

Division Vote (Commons)
25 Mar 2015 - Finance (No. 2) Bill - View Vote Context
Tom Clarke (Lab) voted No - in line with the party majority and against the House
One of 214 Labour No votes vs 0 Labour Aye votes
Vote Tally: Ayes - 307 Noes - 226

Written Question

Vulnerable Adults: Protection

Wednesday 25th March 2015

Asked by: Tom Clarke (Labour - Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether it is his policy that local authorities should be required to provide appropriate support where it is identified through an official safeguarding inquiry that further support is needed to protect a person from the risk of abuse or neglect.

Answered by Norman Lamb

The Care Act 2014 clarifies and strengthens the processes to support adults who are at risk from abuse or neglect in the following ways:

- Where local authorities have reasonable cause to expect a person is at risk of abuse or neglect they must carry out a safeguarding enquiry, consider what if any actions are needed, and who should carry these out. This makes clear that there is no eligibility threshold and allows authorities flexibility to respond to a safeguarding issue appropriately, which may be through the authority or one of its partners such as the police.

- The statutory Care Act guidance clarifies that where a local authority has started a safeguarding enquiry but identifies a potential need for a care and support service, it should continue the needs assessment for care and support in parallel, and determine whether the person has eligible needs which it must meet. The eligibility criteria is based upon whether the person’s needs have a significant impact on their wellbeing, which includes abuse and neglect. While the authority is likely to have already identified any safeguarding issues earlier and made an enquiry, it would still consider these at the eligibility determination as it would clearly impact on the person’s wellbeing.

- The care and support system should support the above by having a comprehensive preventative strategy that promotes wellbeing and independence, and one that does not wait to respond when people reach a crisis point.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2015
Oral Answers to Questions

"Will the right hon. Gentleman take this opportunity to thank those civil servants—mainly trade unionists—who have had to implement Government policies, particularly in the Department for Work and Pensions, such as referring people to food banks? Perhaps against their own judgment, they have had to implement austerity, which has done …..."
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