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Part of Health and Social Care Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 12:15 pm on 8 January 2008.

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Photo of Kelvin Hopkins Kelvin Hopkins Labour, Luton North 12:15, 8 January 2008

I wish to ask a supplementary question about residential care for the elderly, much of which has been privatised. In the past, it was regulated by local democratic control and the ethics of public service, but it is now driven much more by the profit motive. Is it right that there should be lighter-touch  regulation of such care homes? I understand that there is the possibility that, instead of being inspected twice a year, there might be inspections once every three years. Is that sufficient?