§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will include proposals to require the registration of private care homes with fewer than four residents in his forthcoming White Paper on community care:
(2) what action he is taking to ensure that local authorities have sufficient powers to deal with private care home proprietors who are running as one establishment a number of small homes with fewer than four residents.
§ Mr. MellorI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave to the hon. Member for Nottingham, North (Mr. Allen) on 27 July.