A Bill to make provision for access to free personal care
House of Lords
5 May 2021
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The Bill aims to guarantee free access to personal care for people who need it, setting out how the service should be accessed and delivered. It would define who is eligible, who provides the care, and how the funding and organisation of the service should work. It is a Lords Bill and is currently at its second reading in the Lords.
The bill is at the second reading in the Lords. If it moves forward, it would proceed to the committee stage for detailed scrutiny and then to further stages in the Lords, before potentially moving to the Commons.
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5 Feb 2020
First reading took place on 5 February. This stage is a formality that signals the start of the Bill's journey through the Lords.
Second reading - the general debate on all aspects of the Bill - is yet to be scheduled.
The 2019-2021 session of Parliament has prorogued and this Bill will make no further progress.
No recorded votes for this bill yet.
