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24. Mr. Keith Simpson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of long-term care. [38698]

27. Mr. Day

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of long-term care. [38701]

Mr. Boateng

We have already established a Royal Commission on long-term care for the elderly and issued priorities and planning guidance on continuing health care needs for the National Health Service; a long-term care charter is being developed and a social services White Paper will be published later this year.