Covid-19: Charitably Funded Hospices - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 12:38 pm on 28 October 2020.

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Photo of Lord Addington Lord Addington Liberal Democrat 12:38, 28 October 2020

My Lords, it is nice to hear the Government thanking the hospice movement. Some 80% of hospices think that they will have to make redundancies. The voluntary sector takes on more than 75% of hospice treatment. If the Government are not going to fund hospices, will they take on the work themselves or are we just going to let people suffer at the end of their lives?