House of Commons – Feb. 25, 2020 – 36

Question put (Standing Order No. 31(2)), That the original words stand part of the question. Amendment: I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from “House” to the end of the Question and add: “notes that the Government is committed to fixing the crisis in social care;

and supports the Government’s commitment to find a long term solution for the growing need for care and commitment to an ambitious three point plan, including extra funding every year, seeking a cross party consensus and ensuring the prerequisite of any solution is a guarantee that no one needing care has to sell their home to pay for it.” Original words: I beg to move, That this House notes that almost ten years of Government cuts to council budgets have resulted in a social care funding crisis which means 1.5 million older people have unmet social care needs;

further notes the increasing funding gap for adult social care;

believes proposals from the Government for access to additional funding for both adult and children’s social care will do nothing to ease the crisis or address the funding gap;

and calls on the Government to bring forward as a matter of urgency plans to reform social care including plans for free personal care.