Biography
Baroness Verma has engaged with adult social care reform, unpaid carers, and end-of-life care through seven debate speeches, drawing on her 25 years' experience as a director of an adult social care business. She has highlighted systemic issues including the need to professionalize the care workforce through rebranding and career progression, the challenges facing employers and direct payment recipients within the care sector, and the inadequate respite relief available to both paid and unpaid carers. Her contributions reflect a consistent focus on practical policy solutions and the lived experiences of those working within adult social care.
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“…I have an adult social care business, which I highlight is in the register of interests. We come across families where the children born in particular communities—they are not restricted to one faith, by the way—do not meet any child of any other community: they are home-schooled, and they go to the chemist and the gro…”
Record by topic
- Adult social care & reform56th of 37610.0
- Cancer503rd of 6222.0
- Unpaid carers243rd of 2832.0
What they’ve said
“My Lords, I refer to my interest in the register as a founder and director of an adult social care business of 25 years. Over those 25 years, there have been many times when we have seen people who had to be looked after at the end of their lives. I have only got a few points to make.”
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill · 2025-09-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I declare my interest as a director of an adult social care business. It is time—and I hope the review looks at this—to rename carers something other than “carers”, because it distorts the training and level of professionalism that carers provide every day.”
Social Care · 2025-06-24 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, my noble friend on our Front Benches asked about the incident with the attaché in the Pakistani high commission. I do not think I heard a response to that. It would be useful for the UK to send a very clear signal that inciting violence by gestures is not acceptable.”
Kashmir: Increasing Tension · 2025-04-30 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, in adult social care or care, you are at the mercy of people going into hospital or passing away and those hours suddenly becoming contracted. Where are the safeguards for the employers at that point? There is no guarantee that people will come out of hospital.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-04-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
“The problem with direct payments is that you are making the person who receives the payment into the employer. They are usually individuals who are looking after their own care; they will not have the facilities to go through the quagmire of rules and regulations. I say this just to give some assistance.”
Employment Rights Bill · 2025-04-29 · Read on Hansard ↗
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