Speeches by Perteghella.

“Nicole and Daniel, we have heard that children and families have to wait a long time to get their EHCPs or to get an assessment and then the plan. How does your setting support children and families during this interim period?”

“Increasingly, parents and carers are forced to go to SEN tribunals and as a constituency MP families tell me that it feels like a continuous struggle just to get their children the support they need and deserve. Do you agree that the SEND system in England is adversarial? If so, what policies currently contribute to th…”

“We have had calls for putting SEND support on a statutory footing. In the view of the panel, would this help improve some provision in mainstream education settings and, if this happened, what might the impact be on schools and what would you want this to look like in practice? I will start with Conrad.”

“My next question is for Conrad. The Committee is aware of your work on reducing the referral to assessment timeline for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Can you please expand on how you have achieved this and what outcomes you have seen?”

“You have already discussed how you have implemented a whole school approach to SEND. My question is about the role of training and CPD in achieving an inclusive approach to SEND. Nicole?”

“Increasingly, parents and carers are forced to go to SEN tribunals and as a constituency MP families tell me that it feels like a continuous struggle just to get their children the support they need and deserve. Do you agree that the SEND system in England is adversarial? If so, what policies currently contribute to th…”

“We have had calls for putting SEND support on a statutory footing. In the view of the panel, would this help improve some provision in mainstream education settings and, if this happened, what might the impact be on schools and what would you want this to look like in practice? I will start with Conrad.”

“My next question is for Conrad. The Committee is aware of your work on reducing the referral to assessment timeline for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Can you please expand on how you have achieved this and what outcomes you have seen?”

“Nicole and Daniel, we have heard that children and families have to wait a long time to get their EHCPs or to get an assessment and then the plan. How does your setting support children and families during this interim period?”

“You have already discussed how you have implemented a whole school approach to SEND. My question is about the role of training and CPD in achieving an inclusive approach to SEND. Nicole?”

“In my constituency, we have seen the consequences of house building without the infrastructure to match. This Bill is such a missed opportunity: the Government are repeating the same top-down, developer-led approach that has already failed, sidelining communities, undermining local plans and cutting local councillors o…”

“Yes, absolutely. We need to ensure that our new generation of young people are fit and healthy and able to cycle. That would also reduce carbon emissions in our towns. We need high-quality cycling infrastructure to ensure that all this happens.”

“I thank the shadow Minister for his question. Let me take the case of the disused railway in my constituency. It is not in public ownership any more, and it is fragmented. We can fund as many feasibility studies as we want to invest in cycling infrastructure, but an incidental green space is not used by landowners at a…”

“Q7. Over the past few months, I have been meeting care providers in my constituency of Stratford-on-Avon who deliver essential and expert care to some of my most vulnerable constituents. However, like so many small businesses, they are under huge financial pressures, and the hike in national insurance is yet another bu…”

“Can the Minister tell me how many more children must die before the Government finally ban the sales and export of all UK arms, including component parts, to the murderous Netanyahu Government?”

“I also want to declare an interest: I worked as a lecturer for many years and most recently for the Open University. That links to my next question. There has been a focus from the Government in recent years on developing more diverse pathways into higher education and widening participation—widening access to universi…”

“My question is also for Clare. Specialist colleges are not eligible to access capital funding through the post-16 capacity fund or the FE capital transformation programme. Why is that the case? And what effect has the lack of capital funding had on specialist colleges and the condition of the estate?”

“I also want to declare an interest: I worked as a lecturer for many years and most recently for the Open University. That links to my next question. There has been a focus from the Government in recent years on developing more diverse pathways into higher education and widening participation—widening access to universi…”

“What is your assessment of the current level of collaboration between the further education sector, employers and local government in responding to the skills shortage? How can these regional partnerships be strengthened? I would also like you to refer, if applicable, to how the implementation of the skills improvement…”

“My question is also for Clare. Specialist colleges are not eligible to access capital funding through the post-16 capacity fund or the FE capital transformation programme. Why is that the case? And what effect has the lack of capital funding had on specialist colleges and the condition of the estate?”