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Let me clarify what I said, because I think the hon. Lady might have slightly got the wrong end of the stick.

That is what we are looking towards, which is why the Government are putting so much more money—£4.5 billion of the extra investment in the

The hon. Lady knows that I listen very carefully to what she says.

There is already a cross-departmental working group on disability, and quite rightly, this could be part of its work.

I greatly respect all the work that the hon. Gentleman does with autistic people, and I know he is passionate about this. He is right.

I am grateful to my hon. Friend for raising that, because it is the whistleblowers who have brought these concerns to everyone’s attention.

The Secretary of State commissioned a report on exactly that—segregation and restrictive practice.

I thank my hon. Friend for that question; she is right to raise it.

The Government has no plans to bring forward legislation to reduce the abuse of older people in social care.

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