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Statement in the House of Commons:

"I also use this opportunity to put on record my thanks to Action on Elder   Abuse and its chief executive, Gary FitzGerald, for the tremendous work   that they have done recently to raise the status and profile of this issue   in terms of public policy. Arguably, the debate about elder abuse is   where the debate about child abuse was 20 or 30 years ago, and it is   important to understand that. Sadly, child abuse has touched the lives   of far too many people in our country through the generations, but it is   only in the past 20 years that we have started to talk about it openly   and to recognise that there needs to be a complete step change in public policy. I suspect that we are in a similar position on the abuse of older people, as the hon. Gentleman implied. Action on Elder Abuse and Gary FitzGerald are our partners in dealing with these issues and they do an excellent job".  

Ivan Lewis, Former Minister for Social Care