Baroness Thornton

I thank my noble friend for that Answer. I felt moved to put this Question because there seems to be more hope today than for many years that local integration of social care, health and primary care

My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and I draw the House’s attention to my register of interests.

My Lords, earlier this week, I was pondering on which aspect of this most impressive report on ageing I might usefully make a small contribution. As a relatively new chair of the SCIE—the Social Care

My Lords, my noble friend the Leader and I were both members of the Government when our now Prime Minister had his first go at solving the social care issue. I invite my noble friend to, first, welcom

My Lords, it is such a shame that the party opposite resiled from cross-party agreement on this research. It is fair to question its motivation for doing that and possibly reach the conclusion that it

My Lords, I am very pleased to welcome the Commercial Payments Bill and to take part in this Second Reading. I congratulate my noble friend the Minister on his absolutely outstanding introduction to i