Speeches by Paffey.

“T3. The national youth strategy is a crucial step forward, and I welcome its progress. Will the Secretary of State outline how new youth programmes, such as the better youth spaces initiative, will help to rebuild facilities in Southampton Itchen, where years of Conservative cuts have impacted opportunities for our you…”

“The hon. Member mentioned directors. I think we all agree that the strength of this Bill is its clarity, but in his new clause, he has chosen to write “any individual”. Does he agree that it is the directors, not the catering team, the cleaning staff, the admin people, the accountants and so on, who have sought to swin…”

“Finally, when do you expect to have that package of expectations ready and in some kind of format to share with us and with the sector?”

“I thank my right hon. Friend for her statement and for the measured, practical and common-sense approach that it takes, which is in sharp contrast to what we are hearing on the Opposition Benches at the moment. Although we will always defend their right to their opinions, a right to their own facts is rather regrettabl…”

“I probably should have declared the interest that I worked in a university for 20 years. I appreciate your answers on that. You were very clear with universities when you removed the fee freeze that you expected more in terms of widening participation and other measures and that more would come. As part of that reform,…”

“Turning to higher education, I know you are very alive to the challenge of higher education funding and you announced the measure to remove the freeze on fees. Even taking into account that measure, the Office for Students has warned that three-quarters of universities and other higher education settings could be in fi…”

“Secretary of State, the condition of school buildings, certainly in my constituency and across the country, was a source of huge concern in the last Parliament. We had the RAAC crisis, what funding there was was limited and my experience was certainly that that tended to be more readily available to preferred models of…”

“This Committee heard from Sir Martyn Oliver of Ofsted last week that it intends to bring in measures to look at what inclusivity means and make its judgments partly based on that. It will need a framework from the Department so that it knows what it is looking for. What is your intention for how you monitor and measure…”

“Good morning, Secretary of State. One of the biggest, if not the biggest, issues facing families, children and professionals is special educational needs and disability and how we best care for and get the best for those children. You have set the direction of travel as inclusivity in mainstream and as the first downpa…”

“I share my hon. Friend’s shock and disgust at not only what people are suffering, but the entirely avoidable reasons why people are becoming ill. There are so many benefits to what the clause and the wider Bill can achieve, not just on the issues that Members on both sides of the House have mentioned in relation to tru…”

“Thank you, Mr Vickers—so keen was I to support the clause that I tried to speak to it too early. I appreciate your forbearance. Clause 3 has my full support. As I mentioned, I live in an area served by Southern Water. The citizen scientists on the River Itchen have done such good work that they regularly and consistent…”

“rose—”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I rise to speak in support of clause 3, which deals with defining emergency overflows and reporting requirements. Like my hon. Friend the Member for Hastings and Rye, I have the great fortune to live on the south coast and the great misfortune of being in t…”

“The very real and transformational merits of the Bill are clear. Measures on branded uniforms and free breakfast clubs will help families in Southampton Itchen and put money back in their pockets. Registering children who are not in school and having a unique number for every child will help multiple agencies to safegu…”

“Back on unregistered children’s homes, which you just mentioned, we have the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill, which proposes to give Ofsted the power to fine those who operate unregistered children’s homes. What is your view on whether those powers go far enough to help Ofsted deal with the problem of unregistere…”

“Let us turn to special educational needs, which you have rightly identified as the most pressing issue on all fronts at the moment. You said a moment ago that Ofsted should want any of the settings that you are inspecting to be taking the most vulnerable children, and that you should be judging that accordingly. The pr…”

“As a former cabinet member at Southampton City Council, I cannot remember when or how many but I certainly have a number of ILACS and other inspection experiences.”

“On registered children’s homes, we have an almost comparable problem to schools accepting more SEND children and then being penalised by the inspection and the judgment system. The independent review of children’s social care found that there are registered homes where they can meet their needs, but they are reluctant …”

“Thank you. We will pick that up in six months.”

“That is helpful, thank you.”