Speeches by Asato.

“I am grateful to the Minister. Social media is fuelling the rise of extremist misogyny online and normalising harassment and violence against women and girls in real life. As my hon. Friend the Member for Kettering (Rosie Wrighting) so bravely recounted in this place yesterday, we are not immune to that in this place. …”

“17. What steps he is taking to support small and medium-sized enterprises in public procurement.”

“Pathways Care Farm is an amazing charity in Lowestoft that supports people with disabilities, those with mental health issues and ex-offenders to get back on their feet by working with animals and growing food. The charity has excellent outcomes, particularly with helping people to get work-ready and improve their heal…”

“I want to speak up on behalf of children’s oral health. If we don’t get it right for children, adults will be living with lifelong issues to do with their teeth. We know that many children, even though they should be accessing NHS dental care, are not at this time doing so.”

“We know that university students are more at risk of experiencing depression and anxiety than their working peers. Up to two thirds of female students have experienced sexual harassment at university. How will you deploy OfS tools to create momentum on improving the wider student experience, including on issues such as…”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the right hon. and learned Member for Kenilworth and Southam (Sir Jeremy Wright), the former Secretary of State, for securing today’s important debate. I am proud to have worked on the Online Safety Act alongside colleagues in the women’s and child…”

“What are the key challenges related to the cost and efficiency of home-to-school transport for children with SEND and what improvements can be made to improve affordability and effectiveness? We hear quite a lot about students making very long journeys to get to their schools and so forth and concern that if only we co…”

“My next question is particularly for Kate to start with. In what ways can the high needs capital funding process be improved to ensure long-term stability while remaining flexible to evolving local SEND demand? For example, there has been a suggestion that mainstream schools should be mandated in some way to have a spe…”

“We have heard evidence that the cost of places is quite high in the independent sector. It is perhaps £65,000 on average compared to £24,000 in the state sector. Clearly, it is providing extra capacity but how can those extra high costs be justified?”

“Many of us will have parents who simply cannot get a school place for their child at all. As much as, yes, it would be brilliant to improve training, it does seem to me that actual places in special schools are the issue because schools may be completely at capacity or have waiting lists. Phil, do you have a perspectiv…”

“I will start with Luke. The autumn budget announced £740 million for high needs capital. Given that 63% of special schools are at or over capacity, is this planned level of investment sufficient? How is it being distributed and is it being appropriately targeted to address the greatest needs and demand?”

“In the last evidence session, we heard about a loophole allowing local authorities discretion over funding transport for young people with SEND after the age of 16. What would be the impact on local authorities if this funding were made mandatory?”

“In what specific ways can the high needs capital funding process be improved to ensure long-term stability while remaining flexible to evolving local SEND demands?”

“Online pornography sites are awash with content that depicts sexual activity with children. Adult performers are made to look like children through props such as stuffed toys and school uniforms. Popular search tags include “homework”, “pigtails”, “teen” and “barely legal”, and the content is often particularly violent…”

“6. What steps his Department is taking to ensure the regulation of online pornography content is aligned with offline regulation.”

“I will make this quick because I know many of you have already spoken quite extensively about mental health and the support you did or did not receive, but there have been some suggestions that when children go into care there should be a right to a mental health assessment in the same way as there is a physical assess…”

“Thank you. That was incredibly helpful. Q430       Mrs Brackenridge: As we close this session, I have to thank you for coming here and sharing your lived experiences. That is important and powerful, and we are all very grateful for that. In terms of everything that you have shared—the real…”

“I will make this quick because I know many of you have already spoken quite extensively about mental health and the support you did or did not receive, but there have been some suggestions that when children go into care there should be a right to a mental health assessment in the same way as there is a physical assess…”

“Did anyone else on the panel want to answer that question?”

“Lastly, what further measures should the Government prioritise to improve support for care leavers? Should there be some sort of national care offer?”