Speeches by Craft.

“If we take it that there has been a drop-off in early years interventions, potentially following the pandemic or maybe even a longer period before, what kind of road to recovery is there? How do you build a service? You spoke briefly about mission-led government. Is there something about pulling together not just one G…”

“You say there is no real way to have a randomised trial, but there is a potential argument that the covid-19 pandemic provided something of a randomised trial in terms of early intervention and the broader early years space, since those face-to-face interventions were not necessarily popular. Do you think that maybe ha…”

“Coventry was the first Marmot city, and it has had broad success in reducing relative deprivation, but not so much in improving early years outcomes. What do you think is the reason for that disparity?”

“So there is currently no specific evidence to speak to proportionate universalism working in early years?”

“Specifically in early years, if we look at where local authorities have the ability to make decisions on where they target funding, are there examples where they have used the principle of proportionate universalism, even given their funding constraints, to drive improvements on a local basis?”

“That was a rather good example of proportionate universalism in healthcare, but one thing that struck me is that that still relates to the principle of acute care rather than prevention. When we are looking at early years, we are looking at prevention. There is a very obvious way that you do proportionate universalism …”

“Do you think that the principle of proportionate universalism is generally accepted, or do we still need to make a political case for it?”

“Very briefly, at the local authority level, with constrained finances, it is perhaps difficult to make the case for proportionate universalism rather than targeting those most in need. Is that proving a difficulty?”

“So Sure Start did not do proportionate universalism, because it exclusively targeted people in deprived areas—is that a kind of crude reading of the it?”

“My hon. Friend highlights a very strong issue. I agree that our current copyright laws are basically being infringed on and people who are rightsholders are unable to seek the recourse that they fully deserve under the law. There should be a carve-out, so that if there is illegal content in this country, people should …”

“In November, a report by the child safeguarding practice review panel found that a focus on child sexual abuse in the home has been lost in the past 20 years. Its key finding were: that there were systematic failings across the board in identifying and responding to signs of child sexual abuse; that there is an over-re…”

“2. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to help tackle violence against women and girls.”

“I rise to support the Government’s amendments and new clauses, particularly new clause 16, which addresses the relationship between artificial intelligence and copyright and which I strongly welcome. By slightly broadening the scope of the Bill, the amendments demonstrate Ministers’ attention to this pressing detail an…”

“As colleagues will be aware, there is a consistent failure in maternity units to listen to women and put their experiences—and quite often their pain during childbirth—at the heart of driving improvements. What assurances can the Minister give us that women’s experiences and voices will be at the heart of any maternity…”

“VE Day, especially this year, offers us a chance to reflect with gratitude on the sacrifices made by those in the armed forces and those on the home front to defend our way of life and freedoms from tyranny. A few weeks ago, I had the pleasure of visiting Thurrock museum’s exhibition marking the 80th anniversary of vic…”

“School support staff, teaching assistants and learning support assistants—the unsung heroes of our schools—often provide that crucial day-to-day support for children with SEND. What steps is the Minister taking to ensure that we upskill our school support workforce so that they are best placed to support those children…”

“It could be. I think they are asking for a research pathway, so it probably is a health focus. They want us to actually create guidance that says, “This is the kind of thing you need to look out for, this is what you need to identify, and it very much is a medical condition.””

“I would be up for widening it. Down’s syndrome is the most common chromosomal condition, so obviously the prevalence of regression will be higher than across the general population. It also presents an opportunity: if you understand regression and know how to treat it in Down’s syndrome, you can widen that to other chr…”

“Yes. Down’s syndrome regression disorder is a fairly niche but horrific condition, which, as the name suggests, affects people with Down’s syndrome. It is believed that between 1% and 2% of young people are affected. Put simply, they basically lose themselves almost overnight. There is very little research being done o…”

“I think it is mainly Health. The spectrum of people that it covers will usually be from the onset of puberty to their early or late 20s. That is the age that it covers, so it will be Health. Again, people are asking for education providers to be able to notice this sudden change in a child and know how to act on it.”