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HANSARDBreakfast Clubs: Early AdoptersWith three in 10 children growing up in poverty, any measure to tackle child hunger is to be welcomed to enable them to learn and flourish, so I congratulate the 750 schools…24 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I wish to press the new clause to a vote. Question put , That the clause be read a Second time.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. Clause, by leave, withdrawn .11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I come at this new clause first and foremost as a parent before I look at it as an MP. Looking at it with both hats on, though, I have long supported the previous Government’s…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I rise to speak in support of new clause 25, which seeks to monitor the impact of VAT on private school fees. There is, however, something missing in the new clause, which I have…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this afternoon, Mr Betts. New clause 30 is a simple clause that would put into statute the duty on every local authority to…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health ServicesWith the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill being amended to include a panel that will involve psychiatrists who will determine whether a request for assisted dying should…11 Feb 2025HANSARDMental Health Services2. What steps his Department is taking to improve access to mental health services.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to ask leave to withdraw the clause. Clause, by leave, withdrawn. New Clause 36 Establishment of a National Body for SEND “(1) The Secretary of State must, within 12 months…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I certainly agree that there should be a principle in law that thresholds are uprated, by whatever mechanism or measure, because, as we have seen, the threshold has not moved…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The end is in sight for all of us—we are on to the last column of the selection list. I will speak to new clauses 59 to 62, which are in my name and that of my hon. Friend the…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)I will press both new clauses 31 and 67 to a vote later.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I beg to move, That the clause be read a Second time. I rise to speak to new clause 39, in my name and those of a number of my hon. Friends, which seeks to fulfil the second…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Thirteenth sitting)It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship this morning, Sir Christopher, on our final day in Committee. I rise to speak to new clauses 31 and 67 on free school meals. New…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I shall disappoint the Minister: I would like to press the new clause to a vote. Question put, That the clause be read a Second time.11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am still at a loss to understand why, if the Government support the recommendations, they are not using this legislative opportunity. I will therefore press the new clause to a…11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)The Minister said “every school”. Will he clarify on the record that he means every primary and secondary school?11 Feb 2025HANSARDChildren's Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Fourteenth sitting)I am moving the new clause on behalf of my hon. Friend the Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper), who has raised the issue that summer-born children with SEND are often placed in…11 Feb 2025