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HANSARDYoung Carers: Educational OpportunitiesIt is an honour and a pleasure to serve with you as Chair, Ms Furniss. I am grateful to my hon. Friend the Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing this debate on such an…13 Mar 2025HANSARDYoung Carers: Educational OpportunitiesMy hon. Friend is absolutely right that people with mental health issues, including young carers and indeed the family members who they are caring for, are just not getting the…13 Mar 2025HANSARDSwann Report: 40th AnniversaryI congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Liverpool Riverside (Kim Johnson) on securing this important and, indeed, timely debate on the 40th anniversary of the Swann report.…12 Mar 2025HANSARDSwann Report: 40th AnniversaryThe right hon. Gentleman raises an important point. We have learned a lot in the past 40 years about unconscious bias and its impact. I will come on to the points he raised about…12 Mar 2025HANSARDSwann Report: 40th AnniversaryMy hon. Friend raises a really important point. One of the reasons why we are so focused on early intervention, particularly for children who have experienced a more…12 Mar 2025HANSARDSwann Report: 40th AnniversaryI will. I have maybe a few seconds.12 Mar 2025HANSARDSwann Report: 40th AnniversaryI think we are out of time, but I am supposed to meet my hon. Friend next week. We can discuss this in more detail then, when we will have more time, but I look forward to…12 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are very open to ideas for how we can best use the school estate to meet the needs of young people, including those with SEND. We are determined to deliver a wide range of…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsUnder the Tories teachers were overstretched and undervalued, so Labour is resetting the relationship with the profession. We are properly remunerating teachers by accepting the…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Government are working closely with local authorities to ensure that consideration is given to all options for utilising space, whether that is for early years provision or…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Exceptional FundingI am proud that while this Government have made tough decisions, we have protected key education priorities. There is additional investment in breakfast clubs, we are rebuilding…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsThat sounds like a lot of fun, and I commend the hon. Gentleman for participating. When it comes to supporting what we know are brilliant projects, local authorities are…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe hear about far too many cases of young people being affected by knife crime, and I will take away the specific issue that the hon. Gentleman has raised. We are undertaking a…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Exceptional FundingMy hon. Friend is absolutely right, which is why we are focusing our investment on breakfast clubs, which will ensure that children get not only a good start to the day with a…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSchools: Exceptional FundingI would be happy to arrange a meeting for the hon. Lady to discuss this matter further. Buckinghamshire requested for a local authority-owned facility to be funded, and, in line…10 Mar 2025HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe recognise the challenges in the area that the hon. Gentleman represents. A SEND improvement board chaired independently by Dame Christine Lenehan oversees progress and provides…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities FundingThe hon. Gentleman described the challenge that resulted from 14 years under the previous Government. We recognise the strain that the rising cost of SEND provision is putting on…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities FundingThe Government inherited a “lose, lose, lose” SEND situation. The Tories even described it as such in their own words, with the Deputy Chief Whip saying that they should hang…10 Mar 2025HANSARDSpecial Educational Needs and Disabilities FundingThe structure of the high needs funding formula is largely unchanged in 2025-26, as we take time to consider what changes might be necessary to ensure a fair system that directs…10 Mar 2025HANSARDCurriculum and Assessment ReviewThe Government entered office to unprecedented challenges, including crumbling public services and crippling public finances. In the face of a significant financial black hole we…10 Mar 2025