Oral Question·Department of Health and Social Care
“If he will make a statement on his departmental responsibilities.”
Tabled: 17 July 2024Answered: 23 July 2024
Asked by
Victoria Collins
Liberal Democrat — Harpenden and Berkhamsted
Answering Minister
the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care
Answer from Hansard
Wes Streeting
I warmly welcome the hon. Member to her place. She is absolutely right to raise the plight of unpaid family carers. They are part of the team, as far as this Government are concerned, so as we set out our 10-year plan for social care as part of our ambition to build the national care service, we will make sure that unpaid family carers are very much at the centre of our thinking, in no small part thanks to her representations.