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“We have the different layers of support. We have targeted and targeted plus. How confident are you that those layers will be effective? What challenges do you see in delivering support in that way?”

“You took the words out of my mouth. I was going to follow up by saying that we could have the best trained teachers in the world, but, if they are on their own in a class without sufficient support, do you believe that making mainstream education inclusive is even possible? Surely it is down to the number of adults who…”

“Margaret, would you like to tell us what you think about training?”

“This is a question for Margaret and Daniel. The reforms introduce new SEND training for the education workforce. I was wondering whether you could give us an idea of what you think the most urgent priority is for training and the challenges that you see around that.”

“Just briefly, do any of you have any comments to make on the stakeholder involvement in developing these inclusion standards?”

“We have the different layers of support. We have targeted and targeted plus. How confident are you that those layers will be effective? What challenges do you see in delivering support in that way?”

“Many local authorities have been really challenged with this up until now, have they not? One of my colleagues has done a lot of work around children who have ended up taking their own lives. In many cases, coroners have said that they have been led to that point because they got absolutely no support, the local author…”

“What are your views on the role and the potential impact of the national inclusion standards and to what extent do you think that they will improve consistency, accountability and the quality of provision across mainstream settings?”

“I have one very quick final question. How confident are you that the reforms will enable local authorities to cut expenditure on independent specialist places and on home-to-school transport?”

“I have a couple of questions for you, Amanda. First, how confident are local authorities that the reforms will improve the SEND system? It is quite a general question, but what is your assessment of the new roles and responsibilities that local government will be under with the new system?”

“Just briefly, do any of you have any comments to make on the stakeholder involvement in developing these inclusion standards?”

“I have one very quick final question. How confident are you that the reforms will enable local authorities to cut expenditure on independent specialist places and on home-to-school transport?”

“Do you think it will do that?”

“Do you think it will do that?”

“Years of freezes to local housing allowance by successive Governments mean that it goes nowhere near covering the cost of social housing, let alone renting privately. In my constituency, the average rent for a three-bedroom home can be well over £1,100 a month, but a family of four will receive only £840 a month. Poor …”

“I am sorry, but I do not have enough time. Schools and local authorities are already at breaking point and are now being asked to deliver even more, including running two SEND systems in parallel during the transition period. On parental rights, parents have expressed deep concern about changes to the tribunal system. …”

“13. What assessment he has made with Cabinet colleagues of the adequacy of local housing allowance rates.”

“I thank the hon. Member for Farnham and Bordon (Gregory Stafford) for introducing this debate. It is clear from the passionate contributions we have heard that the problems are widespread and the SEND system is completely broken. We have all heard the anguish of parents, and we have read the dreadful stories of despera…”

“Q11. My constituent Susan suffered horrific, unimaginable, lifelong injury from a pelvic mesh implant. She lost her business, her marriage and her health, and lives in constant 24-hour pain. I would like to congratulate the new Minister for Public Health—the Under-Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, the hon.…”

“Last week, the Education Select Committee went to Estonia to look at kindergartens. Some 95% of their children attend kindergarten, and it was quite amazing to see what they are doing there, preparing children, ready to learn, so that all children are closing that gap. You were talking about education being a really im…”