Edward Balls

Not for a moment, and I will leave my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Health to answer those questions when he winds up later. I could not begin even to unpack that analogy, let alone know what the hell it means. What I would say is that we and Lord Lipsey are both clear that we want decent care for people in their homes. We will deliver it because we will invest in resources. The Opposition would not deliver it because they would cut resources; that is the difference.

Let me deal with entitlements and how they will be enforced, which has been an issue. We expect in the vast majority of cases the concerns of parents, if they arise, to be resolved at school level, and that is an issue for personal tutors, heads and governors, with the parents. We legislated in the last Session for the seeking of redress, as a last resort, from the local government ombudsman. I would like to make it clear that, for any parent who is entitled to catch-up tuition for their child and is not getting it, we are announcing today that local authorities will have a duty to ensure that there is alternative provision outside the school, if that is needed, to get a child on track. Parents want tough discipline and to know that if their child falls behind, they will get the help. We will guarantee that, and as I said, there should be a consensus on this matter.

— from debate entitled “Education and Health

The three speeches/headings immediately before

  1. 1 earlier: Andrew Murrison

    Can the Secretary of State therefore explain what Lord Lipsey meant when he said that yesterday's announcement on long-term care was like

    "an admiral firing an Exocet into his own flagship"?

  2. 2 earlier: Edward Balls

    I will take one more intervention.

  3. 3 earlier: Andrew Murrison

    rose-

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