I just want to get this point on record and then perhaps we can come back to it. I understand that prisons have a whole range of safeguarding measures in place. When there is a real problem that a prison has not resolved, why can a local authority not have an inquiry for a person who is vulnerable and at risk? That is my first question. If somebody is in approved premises, such as a bail hostel, and living in the community like anybody else, and they have been abused or are neglected or at serious risk, why should a local authority not have an obligation to have a safeguarding inquiry? I just cannot fathom why such a person would be excluded.
Care Bill [HL]
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Patel of Bradford
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 29 July 2013.
It occurred during Committee of the Whole House (HL)
and
Debate on bills on Care Bill [HL].
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