The Joint Committee on the draft Care and Support Bill, chaired by Paul Burstow MP, is conducting pre-legislative scrutiny into the draft Bill and the policies it seeks to implement.
Wednesday January 16
Location: Committee Room 5
At 2.45pm
Witnesses
- John Adams OBE, General Secretary, Voluntary Organisations Disability Group
- Lord Victor Adebowale, Chief Executive, Turning Point
- Colin Angel, Policy and Campaigns Director, United Kingdom Homecare Association
- Martin Green OBE, Chief Executive, English Community Care Association
- Des Kelly, Executive Director, National Care Forum
At 16.00
- Dame Philippa Russell DBE, Chair, Standing Commission on Carers
- Emily Holzhausen, Director of Policy, Carers UK
- Dr Moira Fraser, Director of Policy and Research, Carers Trust
Thursday January 17
Location: Committee Room 6
At 9.45am
Witnesses
- Laura Robinson, Policy and Communications Adviser, National Voices
- Marc Bush, Head of Research and Public Policy, Scope
- Caroline Abrahams, Director of External Affairs, Age UK,
- Alex Fox, Chief Executive, Shared Lives Plus
- Mark Goldring CBE, Chief Executive, Mencap
11.00 am
- Paul Farmer, Chief Executive, MIND
- Gary Fitzgerald, Chief Executive, Action on Elder Abuse,
- Sue Bott, Director of Development, Disability Rights UK
- Sue Brown, Head of Public Policy, Sense
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