Social Care Reform - Question

Part of the debate – in the House of Lords at 3:01 pm on 2 September 2024.

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Photo of Baroness Merron Baroness Merron The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care 3:01, 2 September 2024

I welcome the advice from the noble Lord and I will resist using those terms, which I am sure he will appreciate. However, as noble Lords have already understood, this is not going to be done overnight; we are talking about a 10-year vision but we will be talking about steps along the way. I think it is very important that we make progress on the national care service in the short term, because we have to build the foundations, by working with the sector and those with lived experience, to develop those new national standards. It will be work in progress and I hope that noble Lords will be patient but also press me about what progress we are making.