Source · Select Committees · Women and Equalities Committee
Recommendation 10
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Developing a Government strategy for ageing and older people's rights is a crucial first step.
Conclusion
Evidence to us and our predecessor Committee emphasised the importance of joined-up and strategic work to tackle ageist attitudes and discrimination across society, including in access to healthcare, local services, banking and transport. While there is a very strong prima facie case for the appointment of a UK cross-government minister to take responsibility for developing and implementing policy and championing the rights of older people in these and wider areas, a more important first step is the development of a Government strategy for ageing and older people’s rights. Such a strategy could establish the case for, and guide, any new minister. (Conclusion, Paragraph 107)
Government Response Summary
The government repeats the committee's conclusion that our growing aging population presents significant cross-departmental challenges and opportunities and that the lack of strategy is concerning.
Government Response
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HM Government
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Our growing ageing population presents a range of significant cross- departmental challenges and opportunities, and there is a huge breadth of issues facing an increasingly diverse older population. The lack of a strategy within Government on how to respond to these issues is concerning. (Conclusion, Paragraph 106)