Speeches by Swallow.

“Ms Tillotson, how can the uplift for the early years pupil premium be more effectively translated into enhanced funding for early years settings?”

“Ms Hodges, we perhaps do not have enough of all the ingredients, but broadly speaking, is the Government’s policy of Best Start family hubs in every local authority area, and funded childcare for working families, at least the right recipe?”

“That leads on nicely to my next question, which is specifically about the balance between getting more family and parent support in place, through Best Start family hubs and other means, and the expansion of childcare and early education entitlements. There is a balance between those two goals of the Government, as wel…”

“It is important to note the statistic that only 10% of children diagnosed with autism will meet that school readiness. Obviously, the number of children at that early age who are going to be diagnosed with autism is going to be vanishingly small compared with the overall number of children who will have autism.”

“Just to pick up on Dr Campbell’s point, we know that one of the challenges in the SEND system as it currently stands is that children’s additional needs are not being picked up and support is not being put in place early enough. I want to think about how school readiness or any other measures could be used to help to s…”

“I am a member of Unison.”

“Fair enough. It is obviously your role to say such things, and the Government’s role to consider them alongside the costs. Professor Lloyd, we talked a bit earlier about how local authorities need to be more proactive in securing sufficient early education and childcare places. I thought it would be helpful to pin down…”

“I warmly welcome this curriculum and assessment review and in particular what it says about a broad curriculum and the importance of enrichment and essential skills such as digital, financial and media literacy and communication. Will my right hon. Friend go further and look at introducing a skills passport, so that yo…”

“On a point of order, Madam Deputy Speaker. This weekend, the hon. Member for East Wiltshire (Danny Kruger) suggested on a Reform UK broadcast that the country could soon be run by an “appalling Hamas-supporting, LGBT-supporting nationalist party”. As a gay man and an MP, I am proud to say I will always support LGBT rig…”

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“Over the summer, I spoke to almost 1,000 Bracknell Forest residents as part of my campaign on road safety. Last week, I published my findings, with recommendations including more action on off-road bikes, uninsured drivers and headlight dazzle. Will the Leader of the House ask the local transport Minister, my hon. Frie…”

“T4. Last Friday, alongside my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State, I attended the Get Britain Growing: South East conference, which discussed opportunities across advanced manufacturing, life sciences, digital innovation and beyond. Will the Minister set out how the industrial strategy will ensure that Bracknell a…”

“On that point, it is really important to clarify why such tight definitions were important in the first place. That is because the case was brought under a 1911 Act of Parliament, not a modern, up-to-date Act of Parliament. Is that not why we are in this situation?”

“Will the hon. Lady give way?”

“I am grateful to the hon. Member for giving way and for bringing us back to where he started. He started his speech by suggesting that the Government were intervening unduly in this case. He then went on to suggest that the Government did not intervene unduly enough. Can he be clear on this: is his position and that of…”

“Will the hon. Gentleman give way?”

“As has already been set out, the threat from China has evolved over time. I would have loved it if the previous Labour Government had amended the Act, but it was the Conservative party that held a consultation, and then sat on the results for eight years and did nothing.”

“Will the right hon. and learned Member give way?”

“The Minister quite clearly set out the range of threats posed by China. I am clear that China poses a threat. I also think that we have to be mature enough in this Chamber to accept that the way we deal with the second-largest economy in the world has to be to recognise the threats it poses to our democracy and our nat…”

“The case collapsed because under that Act neither Government provided enough evidence. The witness statements issued by the previous Government are a matter of record, and they do not state anywhere unequivocally that China is a threat. In fact, multiple Opposition Members have said on multiple occasions that it would …”