Speeches by Green.

“ You mentioned 2022-23, but you have not reported on the overall performance and impact of your work on phoenixism in 2023-24 yet. Why is that?”

“6. What steps she is taking with Cabinet colleagues to ensure that SEN provision is adequately funded.”

“A recent National Audit Office report makes it clear that, without reform, the SEN system is financially unsustainable. The Minister will know that, since 2020, local authorities such as Buckinghamshire council have been able to exclude their dedicated school grant deficits from their main revenue budgets. That statuto…”

“T5. What steps are under way to recruit and retain more educational psychologists so that children, including in Chesham and Amersham, do not have to wait as long as they currently are for the assessment they need?”

“I could not agree more. This is where I must pick up Carol’s story again. She tried to pursue her claim against her original surgeons through the courts, and she hit on an unexpected problem. She approached multiple legal firms who would not take her case because one or both of the surgeons were advising them on other …”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Stringer. I thank the hon. Member for Harlow (Chris Vince) for securing today’s debate. We are here because four years after being published, the Cumberlege review has not been implemented and there is still no redress scheme. I will turn in more detail to the progr…”

“The NAO Report spells out quite clearly how too many families are waiting too long, not just for the support they need, but, in some cases, for the assessment in the first place. Can I ask Jonathan and Susan, in the first instance, what you are doing to reduce the time that families are waiting to receive the support t…”

“I have a final question, if I may, Chair, and it is to both Alison and Jonathan. It is about where you find good practice, because it is certainly out there. We tend to focus on the negative, but, where you find good practice, how is that then rolled out and shared, not just with local authorities but with schools as w…”

“Can I ask specifically about educational psychologists? I am not quite sure whether they sit in the Department for Education or the Department of Health and Social Care. If you could clarify that for me, I would appreciate it. What specifically has been done to retain those educational psychologists within local author…”

“Other Members have asked about educational psychologists. There is a real shortage right now. Are the Government considering enabling other professionals to undertake some of the assessments to help unblock the waiting lists?”

“It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Pritchard. I begin by thanking my hon. Friend the Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) for securing this debate on something I know matters to a great many of my own constituents in Chesham and Amersham. The appalling examples of sewage-filled floodwater…”

“Will the Minister update the House on the grim situation in Sudan? In particular, what pressure is being put on regional actors to stop fuelling the crisis, and what is the UK doing to help the 16 million children who, according to an estimate from Save the Children, face severe food shortages right now?”

“The Minister is making the point, rightly, about individual projects that water companies such as Affinity Water have invested in. What is missing is a strategy across the country for all chalk streams. That is why I am calling on her, in her position as a Minister, to give chalk streams the designation and special sta…”

“Given that one has to go through quite an onerous process to get the SSSI status and that we recognise that chalk streams are rare, does my hon. Friend agree that a recognised special status and designation for chalk streams is needed, so that they can get the protections they actually need?”

“It is a real privilege to contribute to my first Sir David Amess Adjournment debate. I did not have the privilege of knowing him, but may I acknowledge and pay tribute to his colleagues for keeping his memory very much alive? We have had some brilliant maiden speeches this afternoon, and I know that there are more to c…”

“I welcome the Front Benchers to their places. They will know that the steel industry in Wales is just one of a number that have suffered in recent decades. Last year, the Industrial Communities Alliance said that tackling the effects of deindustrialisation in Wales has been hampered by competitive bidding, which forces…”

“My hon. Friend is making an excellent speech. Does she agree that in many local authority areas, such as mine in Buckinghamshire, schools are already oversubscribed, so the places in the state sector simply do not exist for independent school parents who find they can no longer afford the fees?”

“I congratulate the hon. Member for Chelsea and Fulham (Ben Coleman) on his maiden speech. It is a great privilege to serve in this place, and I welcome him. I also congratulate the Government Front Benchers as they take on their ministerial responsibilities. I will focus on three bits of legislation mentioned in the Ki…”