§ Lord Stallardasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether they accept the recommendations of the code of practice for residential care drawn up by the Centre of Policy on Ageing.
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§ The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health and Social Security (Lord Glenarthur)This code of practice is an integral part of the Government's programme of measures to secure improvements in residential homes. In the foreword to this excellent guide, my right honourable friends the Secretaries of State for Social Services and for Wales endorse its recommendations and ask local authorities to regard it in the same light as the general guidance that the Secretaries of State issue from time to time under their powers in Section 7 of the Local Authority Social Services Act 1970.