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

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.

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (13 May 2009) has video

Angela Browning: What is the Prime Minister's response to the further report issued last week by the parliamentary ombudsman as a result of her concern about the Government's failure to action her recommendations on behalf of Equitable Life pensioners?

Developing Country Debt (Restriction of Recovery): Finance Bill (6 May 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I share my hon. Friend's concern about the closure of local pubs. In many parts of the country, they sell locally brewed ales and beers, and as a result small breweries are also under threat.

Members' Allowances (30 Apr 2009) has video

Angela Browning: I hope that the House of Commons Commission will also avail itself of a lawyer experienced in employment law. When we heard that the change was originally to be made on 1 July, it showed that the Government clearly had no idea about the legislation that they had created or the rights of employees.

Members' Allowances (30 Apr 2009) has video

Angela Browning: As I am retiring, I have obviously had several telephone conversations with the Department of Resources in the past week. My staff have an expectation of what their status will be and what will happen to them at the end of this Parliament. In talking to the Department of Resources, I found that the fact that it would become the employer of nearly 2,000 people means that its status would be...

Business of the House: Swine Flu Update (29 Apr 2009) has video

Angela Browning: Will the hygiene advice to households include more than the basic hygiene rules mentioned in the Secretary of State's statement, so that those who have to nurse relatives at home can attempt to replicate some sort of barrier nursing domestically?

Amendment of the Law (23 Apr 2009)

Angela Browning: I am sorry to take the hon. Lady away from Boris, but could I bring her back to inheritance tax? We have repeatedly heard from Ministers this afternoon about the £1 billion that the Conservatives would spend on inheritance tax, but if she looks in her Red Book she will see that on the back of the announcement that her Government made following the Conservative party conference, in which...

Amendment of the Law (23 Apr 2009)

Angela Browning: Let me begin by saying something about personal debt. Many people throughout the country are extremely worried about their personal finances during what will be—notwithstanding the Chancellor's announcement yesterday—a long and deep recession. They are worried about their jobs and their housing problems, and elderly people in particular are worried about what will happen to the...