division_name: Bill Presented &#8212; House of Commons Members&#8217; Fund Bill &#8212; Care Bill [Lords]
motion: <p class="" pid="b.487.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move, That the Bill be now read a Second time.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.487.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Our health and care system stands for compassionate care, or it stands for nothing. That was the vision when the NHS was founded 65 years ago: that anyone and everyone, regardless of background or income, should receive the best quality health care and be treated with dignity, compassion and respect. Because we have made much progress in delivering that vision, the NHS rightly remains the single biggest reason people are proud to be British. This Government want to keep it that way, which is why we are determined to root out poor care whenever and wherever it exists. Tragically, it does exist, both in the NHS and in private provision. In recent years, we have heard of patients being left in their own excrement at Mid Staffs, of patients left unchecked on trolleys for hours on end at Tameside, and of blood on the curtains and catheters on the floor at Basildon. All are issues that could and should have been dealt with by the last Government. Tragically, those problems were swept under the carpet, with devastating consequences for families across the country.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.494.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.494.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House, whilst affirming its belief that the Care Bill [Lords] is a modest step towards a better social care system that protects some people from catastrophic costs, and welcoming the new rights for users and carers that the former Labour Government initiated, notes that the Bill&#8217;s deferred payment scheme will result in people continuing to have to sell their homes to pay for care; disagrees with the Government&#8217;s assertion that their proposals will cap care costs at &#163;72,000 given that self-funders will face far higher bills; further notes that it includes provisions which could put NHS hospitals at risk of having services reconfigured without adequate consultation and without clinical support; further notes that the Bill fails to include measures to address the current crisis in care and meet the needs of the UK&#8217;s ageing population, including a genuinely integrated NHS and social care system; and therefore declines to give a Second Reading to the Care Bill [Lords] because it is an inadequate response to the scale of the challenge facing social care and fails fully to implement the recommendations of the Francis Report.</p>
  
  <p pid="b.580.6/1" pwmotiontext="yes"><i>Question put, </i>That the amendment be made.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.580.6/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.580.6/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 231, Noes 289.</p>