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Petitions: Equitable Life (Tiverton and Honiton) (11 Nov 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I wish to present a petition to the House from Mr. Ron Holden and residents of the constituency of Tiverton and Honiton in Devon. The petition states: The Petition of residents of the constituency of Tiverton and Honiton in the Devon region of England regarding the Government's response to the Parliamentary Ombudsman's reports on Equitable Life, Declares that the Petitioners either are or...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Angela Browning: If those people were self-funding, would they not be subject to assessment to see whether they needed to go into care? They could not just go in voluntarily without a full medical need to be admitted.

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I intend to focus on people receiving care in the community rather than on the part of the Green Paper that deals with residential care, because, important though residential care is, it has already been mentioned a good deal. There are aspects of care in the community that give me cause for concern, and I hope that the Minister will cast some light on them when he responds. Page 97 of the...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman, as I was just coming to what is now regarded in this country as a universal assessment of the ability to work. Only this week I have had two cases that I am taking up and which I think are quite appalling. All of us in all parts of the House understand that there are a number of people on long-term sickness benefits who could be assisted to get back into...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Angela Browning: The hon. Gentleman is absolutely right. I am sure the House has become fed up with me going on about these two issues, and particularly mental health and the autistic spectrum. Such conditions do not fit neatly into any identified national criteria. They are very difficult to assess, and because people's conditions can fluctuate, on one day they might pass a test and some might think, "There...

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Angela Browning: Is my hon. Friend as concerned as I am about another benefit—in addition to the ones that he has mentioned—on which I have received requests from constituents: quite an old benefit called the severe disablement allowance, which is still recognised? It is usually a lifelong benefit for people with lifelong learning disabilities. Is that, too, on the table?

Business of the House: Social Care Green Paper (29 Oct 2009) has video

Angela Browning: In the context of the figures that the Secretary of State has just announced, when he considers the results of the consultation will he pay particular attention to the fact that as the population gets older, and given that older people have a higher level of dependency, so, within families, do their carers? Increasingly, pensioners are looking after even older pensioners who are their...

Opposition Day — [16th Allotted Day]: Caring for the Elderly (15 Jul 2009)

Angela Browning: The hon. Lady mentioned personalising care. A problem that has been around for a long time—and one, I have to say, that I picked up on while on the streets of Norwich, North only this week—relates to when people have a package of care. Elderly people do not want to find that they have to be put to bed at half-past 6 or 7 o'clock. Their care is not personalised; they are often in...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Angela Browning: We have made the point about GPs before. It is not that we expect them to diagnose someone; it is that they are the gatekeepers and should be able to make an appropriate referral, and when they make a referral, someone with the expertise needs to be available at reasonable notice—it should not an appointment in a year's time—to make that diagnosis. I stress that point. It is not...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I begin by joining other speakers in thanking and paying tribute to the many Members from all parts of the House who have played their part in bringing this Bill to fruition as it receives its Third Reading today. I must also pay particular thanks to my hon. Friend the Member for Chesham and Amersham (Mrs. Gillan), who is a true friend to me. She has worked tirelessly on this subject. She...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Angela Browning: My hon. Friend has devoted a lot of time to, and developed a lot of expertise in, this topic and related subjects, and he is absolutely right. It is very important that the practical application of what we are legislating for today does not lead to silos being created and to the exclusion of the very people who need help the most, but who are not able to articulate that. The second issue that...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I am grateful to my hon. Friend for that remark. I am so weary of having to keep writing the same thing over and again. I ask this of the Minister: when the new information goes out, which will be after I have retired from this place, will she please make sure that it does not fall victim to what I call "the filing cabinet syndrome" so that it never sees the light of day, because that...

Prayers: Autism Bill (19 Jun 2009) has video

Angela Browning: Following on from that point, it is true that parents worry about their children's education and ability to live independently, as they go through the various developments and cycles of life. However, as a parent, I think—I hope that I would speak for many parents—that the biggest fear is: "What happens when I die?" That has to be addressed.

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: I want to support what the hon. Member for South Thanet said. Even if the first research shows specific genetic links, which I hope will happen within our lifetime, none the less, there may be many  variables. I have to live with the fact that I have autism in my family. We spend a lot of time looking at our relatives and the people we know, thinking, “Well, they all seem autistic...

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: The hon. Gentleman has raised an important point. We would not want people to fall through the net because the Bill did not cover the matter that he raises. He is right; one hears about Kanner’s autism and Asperger’s and even hears terminology such as “autistic tendencies”, which always worries me as it is so ill-defined. Would he be comforted by the idea that people...

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: I want to say a couple of quick things about issues that I raised in interventions. First, may I tell the Minister that I am pleased that the strategy was part of the consultation? I am going to respond to that formal consultation, and I do not wish to rehearse everything that I am going to say then, but I want to flag up the question of mental health services. The question of whether the...

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: Absolutely. I know the hon. Gentleman is fully aware of this. Somebody could be misdiagnosed as schizophrenic and try one drug—and we all know how powerful they are—and because there is a list of drugs, if the first one does not work, they go on to the second and down the list. In the end there is a scrambled mind and somebody who has been caused grievous damage by the health...

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: This is an appropriate moment to raise with the Minister a matter I raised about section 7 on Second Reading. Health service circulars specifically relating to autism—Asperger’s syndrome in particular—have been ignored. I have drawn his attention before to the one issued in August 2001. Although there will be repercussions if people do not adhere to the guidance, how will the...

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: On the question of diagnostic services, some of the most complex cases involve undiagnosed adults who are in the community. They may be middle aged or even older. In order to get the right person to make the diagnosis, an out of area referral is often appropriate because diagnosis of autism in some of the more complex cases needs to be done by someone who has lived and worked autism as a...

Public Bill Committee: Autism Bill: New Clause 1 (13 May 2009)

Angela Browning: I am encouraged by what the Minister has said. Would that approach get rid of the professional who occasionally says, “We do not like to label.”? One comes across that occasionally from social workers and health professionals—not as much now as one used to. The failure to diagnose properly means that we remove from that individual access to services. It is the passport to the...