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HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and DisabilitiesEvery child deserves the opportunity to achieve and to thrive but, currently, far from every child has that chance. We have announced that high needs funding will increase by…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe hon. Lady raises an important point. I suspect it is on the back of 14 years of letting down children who need the education that is clearly wanting in so many parts of the…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI am sorry to hear about the challenges faced by the hon. Gentleman’s constituent. Local authorities have been impacted by the increased demand for education, health and care…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend will be aware of our plans to ensure that all schools co-operate, within their local facilities, with their local authorities when it comes to place-planning and…04 Nov 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Sir Mark. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Basingstoke (Luke Murphy) on securing a debate on this incredibly…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireThe hon. Gentleman raises an important point. That should happen at the earliest possible point, because we know—I have mentioned this already—that children’s earliest years make…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireI thank the hon. Gentleman and I will take that away, because we are open to examples of good practice and ideas for reform that can be rolled out and used in other settings. We…31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireI am glad that my hon. Friend has intervened, because it reminds me that I have still not answered a couple of his questions—I will come to them.31 Oct 2024HANSARDSEND Provision: HampshireMy hon. Friend makes an important point, which the hon. Member for North West Norfolk also made. We are clear that the Government cannot deliver this work alone; it must be…31 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesAs the hon. Member is aware, we are looking at the whole system in the round to ensure that we have the inclusive mainstream provision that the vast majority of children will not…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend sets out very well the vision that we are seeking to achieve for all children. The purpose of all the changes we are making in our education system is to ensure…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe changes that we have set out and are determined to make all aim to improve the situation that we have inherited, after 14 years of neglect and decline under the previous…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend raises an important challenge that we are determined to address. We want mainstream inclusive education in our state school system, which every child should have…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI thank the hon. Lady for the constructive way in which she put her question. I will take it away, and consider how it would fit into our broader plans to ensure that we have an…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe hon. Gentleman tempts me into commentary on next week’s Budget, in which I cannot indulge him.24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend is right: the system is letting down families and children, and creating a situation where not only are educational outcomes impacted by the poor response but too…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe changes that we are looking to make to remove the exemptions for private schools will be used to fund more teachers in our state sector and create the inclusive mainstream…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesWe are very clear that this reform is a journey that we want to go on with all those who support our children and families, whether that is teachers, school staff more broadly,…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe Government have inherited an absence epidemic in this country. Last year, one in five children were persistently absent from school, missing a day every fortnight or more. We…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe visit to that school in my hon. Friend’s constituency was wonderful. The school is one of many examples of the provision of inclusive mainstream education. We need such…24 Oct 2024