motion_title: New Clause 9: Care Bill [Lords]
motion_text: New Clause 9— Reporting on the funding for new costs arising from the Care Act
  ‘(1) The Joint Care and Support Reform Programme Board must inform the Secretary of State by an annual written report that it is satisfied whether sufficient funding is in place to ensure that social care is adequately funded and that the provisions in the Act can be implemented satisfactorily.
  (2) In subsection (1), the “Joint Care and Support Reform Programme Board” means the board of that name consisting of representatives of (but not limited to): the Local Government Association, the Association of Directors of Adult Social Services and the Department of Health.
  (3) The report mentioned in subsection (1) should include a statement of the satisfaction of the Joint Care and Support Reform Programme Board with (but not limited to)—
  (a) adequacy of the funding of the provisions in this Act,
  (b) on-going costs of implementation,
  (c) an additional five yearly review of the short and medium term cost of setting the eligibility criteria at the level set out in regulations.’.—(Paul Burstow.)