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HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend is right to highlight the need for the Department for Education, the Department of Health and Social Care, and all those working to provide the services that…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI appreciate the hon. Gentleman’s comments, and I will always work cross-party with colleagues to achieve the best for all children in this country, but levelling the blame for…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesTransport to school is the responsibility of the local authority, and families need to work with their local authorities to ensure that they are not disadvantaged in getting their…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend speaks with great passion and compassion on behalf of her constituents, and I agree with everything that she says. I reiterate that what she outlines is the epitome…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe hon. Gentleman is absolutely right to identify the current significant transport requirement to meet the needs of children. Obviously, the way that we wish to address that is…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesWe are looking at the system in the round, which includes ensuring that we have inclusive mainstream education, and making sure that schools are required to work with local…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesAlthough the urgent question today has come about because of a damning report from the National Audit Office, which lays bare the huge challenge we face in this area, my main…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe hon. Gentleman is right to identify that all schools are part of solving this huge challenge that far too many children and families face. That is why we have made changes to…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI would be happy to meet my hon. Friend. He has outlined just one example of how the system is broken and needs to be fixed.24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe hon. Lady has outlined how the system is broken. We know it is broken. We want to fix it, and I am happy to work with colleagues across the House in order to do so, so I would…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend highlights the fact that not only is the system creating stress and failing far too many children and families, but it is not creating the outcomes that we want to…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe Treasury will produce its impact assessment as part of the normal course of implementing new taxation, and the hon. Gentleman can refer to that assessment once it is published.24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend raises an important point: it is right that we require schools to provide inclusive mainstream education, and that we put in place the work- force, the training,…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThe hon. Lady raises an important point. We will be looking at the system as a whole, and at any legislation that needs to be amended or brought in to achieve our vision for an…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesOn the hon. Lady’s final question, I can assure her that we are determined to prioritise mainstream inclusion, and to ensure that schools are supported. We will have the framework…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesThank you, Mr Speaker. It is understandable that a huge number of hon. Members want to ask questions on this subject. We have inherited an appalling legacy of failure on this…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesWe have been clear about our manifesto commitment and our approach in Government. Our priority is to ensure that we have the investment in our schools that we need in order to…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right. This change needs to be delivered in conjunction with teachers, families, councils, educational psychologists and the health sector. We need to…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI am so sorry to hear about the cases the hon. Lady raises. She highlights very well the huge challenge that we face in addressing needs—in ensuring that we have not only the…24 Oct 2024HANSARD Special Educational Needs and DisabilitiesI thank my hon. Friend for his question. I reiterate that the Government have inherited a terrible legacy, not only on special educational needs and disabilities, but on our…24 Oct 2024