May I press the Leader of the House further for a debate on the Crisis in Our Care Homes?
His final point - on the Crisis in Care Homes - was the most telling.
Will the Leader of the House arrange next week for a Minister from the Department of Health to make a statement in the light of the Crisis in Care Homes, especially in the Birmingham area, which is causing grave concern to many, including my hon. Friends the Members for Sutton Coldfield (Mr. Mitchell) and for Bromsgrove (Miss Kirkbride)?
Several hon. Members, including my hon. Friends the Members for Sutton Coldfield (Mr. Mitchell) and for West Chelmsford, mentioned the Crisis in Care Homes.
The first is the Crisis in Our Care Homes in Birmingham, a matter that I have raised in the House before and which remains extremely important and worrying.
We have heard no response to the Care Homes Crisis, the pensions crisis, the closure of post offices or the burden of the council tax.
Let us consider the so-called Crisis in Care Homes that they keep talking about.
They did not come down here to talk about the Crisis in Our Care Homes as a result of the imminent collapse of Southern Cross, which affects elderly people and their families right across the country.