Paul Burstow, a former minister for social care, was once charged with finding savings in care services. He completed his last two years, cut the Valuing People Now programme early, and returned to the back benches. He did, however, draft a Care and Support Bill and has subsequently used this experience to chair a joint Parliamentary Scrutiny Committee suggesting changes to the lastest draft of the bill. Here, the author questions Burstow about his work as a Minister and what he hopes the new law will do for people with learning disabilities.