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HANSARDSpecial Needs Education: FundingMy hon. Friend makes an important point. We have approved the opening of 78 special schools, and this year we collected new data from local authorities on their capacity and…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsThe Metropolitan Borough of Bury is getting significant support. In addition to the funding increases, we have appointed a SEND adviser to work with the borough to improve…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsMy hon. Friend is absolutely right about the importance of educational psychologists. We are investing £21 million to train 400 more educational psychologists, building on the £10…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe are undertaking a significant programme of reform to ensure not only that EHCPs are delivered in the right timeframe but that children get the support they need at an earlier…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsWe will be setting out the funding rates very shortly.23 Oct 2023HANSARDSEND ProvisionMy hon. Friend makes an important point, and I pay tribute to his campaigning on this issue and to the work of Bexley council. It is absolutely the case that people should be…23 Oct 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsI would be delighted to meet with the hon. Gentleman.23 Oct 2023HANSARDSEND ProvisionThe right hon. Lady makes an important point about the role of Ofsted and ensuring that it assesses that provision. It is worth saying that there will have been a 36% per-head…23 Oct 2023HANSARDEarly Years ChildcareMay I first congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Worcester (Mr Walker), the Chair of the Education Committee? He has helped with the development of our policy in this area,…16 Oct 2023HANSARDEarly Years ChildcareI am grateful to the hon. Member, because I am about to come on to workforce. However, just before I do so, alongside this we want to increase the supply of wrap-around care to…16 Oct 2023HANSARDSupport for Kinship CarersI am grateful to the hon. Member for that point and I will certainly do that. He made a point about assessments, which I will come to. Again, they should be simpler than they have…14 Sept 2023HANSARDSupport for Kinship CarersIt is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank all the Members who have played a part in this well-informed debate today. I congratulate the hon. Member…14 Sept 2023HANSARD Sir David Amess Summer AdjournmentMay I start by saying what a pleasure it is to see the Vice-Chamberlain of His Majesty’s Household on the Front Bench? She is my Whip, and a very good Whip she is too. I would say…20 Jul 2023HANSARDTopical QuestionsT2. I have campaigned for more health services for my constituents since I was elected, and 97% of those who responded to my recent health services survey felt that we did not…11 Jul 2023HANSARDChildcare Reform PackageI warmly welcome my hon. Friend’s statement, which will help some of those on the lowest incomes either to take up work or to take on more work. She will recall that when I had…28 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsQ1. If he will list his official engagements for Wednesday 7 June.07 Jun 2023HANSARDEngagementsAt the election, the Labour party committed to abolishing standard assessment tests, academy schools and Ofsted—three policies given to it by an education union that also opposed…07 Jun 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsI said at the start that the condition of school buildings is very important, and as my right hon. Friend the Minister set out, lots of these schools are being rebuilt as part of…23 May 2023HANSARD Safety of School BuildingsThe condition of school buildings is important. It affects learning and it is very much why the Government are funding more than 1,000 school improvement programmes through a £1.8…23 May 2023HANSARD Health Services: Wantage and DidcotI campaign a lot in this House on behalf of young people, having had a career working with them before I got here. I campaign a lot on the environment, which is important to me…18 May 2023