Oral QuestionDepartment of Health and Social Care

What steps she is taking to increase staff recruitment and retention in the adult social care sector.

Tabled: 17 April 2024Answered: 23 April 2024

Asked by

Vicky Foxcroft

LabourLewisham North

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care

Answer from Hansard

The Minister of State, Ministry of Justice (Sarah Sackman)

I thank my hon. Friend for his question, and for the campaigning work that he is doing in this area. Journalism is the lifeblood of democracy, and strategic lawsuits against public participation represent an abuse of the legal system; they are used by those with deep pockets to harass and silence journalism. Such behaviour is intolerable. My focus, and the focus of this Government, will be on the implementation of the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, which introduced an early dismissal mechanism and cost protection for SLAPP defendants.

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