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HANSARDSchool SEND ProvisionI am grateful to my hon. Friend; I know he brings real expertise in this area. I completely understand the point that he makes and that parents have made, given the lack of…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchool SEND ProvisionI agree with my hon. Friend. This is about how we can deliver more support earlier to a much larger number of children than is the case at the moment: EHCP-like support without…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsI genuinely expected better from the right hon. Lady. I encourage her to go away and look at the guidance we have published, which will be statutory in nature and makes the…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchool SEND ProvisionThis is significant extra investment of £4 billion, above and beyond what schools have already been told will be coming their way. In so many of the areas that the hon. Lady…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchool SEND ProvisionYes, and I encourage the hon. Lady to share with her constituents not just our SEND consultation but the draft profiles that we have established for specialist provision packages,…02 Mar 2026HANSARDTopical QuestionsAs the hon. Lady knows, we intend to consult on getting the best outcomes for children through the use of the money we are targeting at disadvantage. Free school meals are a…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchool SEND ProvisionWe will set much clearer overall expectations of local authorities, not least given the huge grant funding investment to bring down their deficits. With that money must come…02 Mar 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingMy right hon. Friend is right to identify that far too many groups within our country—marginalised communities—are let down by a system that forces parents to fight. The intention…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI am grateful to the right hon. Gentleman, who cares deeply about this matter as both a parent and a politician, for the approach he has taken, and I look forward to working with…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingMadam Deputy Speaker, please allow me to begin by saying that the unauthorised leaking of elements of today’s announcement is deeply regrettable. I have already asked officials to…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThe right hon. Gentleman is right about the transition to adulthood and ensuring that our children are well prepared for what comes next as they move through the school system and…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI am slightly taken aback by that question, but I welcome it. We will move fast to ensure that money intended for education is spent on education. That means that we will have to…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingMy hon. Friend speaks with real passion and expertise, and I could not agree more with him. As well as everything the Government are doing, we will need local authorities and ICBs…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThe hon. Gentleman is right: we are expanding Best Start family hubs, ensuring a real focus on early years, and investing more than £9 billion in expanding early years…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingWe will be consulting on disadvantage funding, including the pupil premium and the national funding formula, and on how we ensure that we are halving that disadvantage gap and…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI am grateful to my hon. Friend for ensuring that the views of parents and others in Filton and Bradley Stoke have been heard and are reflected in our proposals. This is only the…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI strongly agree that we need a rich and broad curriculum—one focused on both academic rigour and a wide range of opportunities, including music, sport, art and drama. In our…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingBeyond the period that my hon. Friend identifies, this will become the responsibility of central Government. That is the commitment we have given, and we have made a big…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingThrough what I have set out, we are consulting further on many aspects of funding, including the national funding formula, and we will continue to look closely at how we ensure…23 Feb 2026HANSARDSchools White Paper: Every Child Achieving and ThrivingI will seek to respond to the right hon. Lady’s questions. I welcome the broadly constructive approach she has taken, but it would be remiss of me not to point out that so many of…23 Feb 2026