Biography
Lord Murphy of Torfaen engaged with social care policy primarily through a Lords debate speech in October 2024, where he acknowledged historical government failures on social care reform across administrations and referenced Welsh local authority examples despite the debate's English focus. The extracts provided do not contain substantive detail on the three specified topics (learning disability and autism, adult social care reform, and hospital discharge) beyond his opening remarks on social care strategy.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“My Lords, it is an enormous pleasure to follow my good friend, the noble Lord, Lord Carlile, and the way in which he outlined and gave the details of his report. My report and review entirely paralleled the inquiry held by the committee. Much of it is the same.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism746th of 8992.5
- Hospital discharge / bed-blocking114th of 1392.0
- Adult social care & reform312th of 3762.0
What they’ve said
“…Torfaen Borough Council has taken an initiative on adult social care. As we all know and have heard, there will always be people who will have to go into hospital and residential care, but most people do not want to do that; most people would prefer to stay at home.”
Social Care Strategy · 2024-10-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
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