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Commons Chamber
School Attendance (Duties of Local Authorities and Proprietors of Schools) Bill - Fri 17 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Vicky Ford (Con - Chelmsford) Such issues include support for those with special educational needs and disabilities, anxiety or mental - Speech Link
2: Luke Hall (Con - Thornbury and Yate) improvements across the country across all phases, including key vulnerable cohorts such as children with special - Speech Link
3: Luke Hall (Con - Thornbury and Yate) need to be in school, to make sure they are attending, and to benefit from the transformation in educational - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
People with Disabilities: Access to Services - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Lord Palmer of Childs Hill (LD - Life peer) There needs to be an awareness of hidden disabilities. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Sherlock (Lab - Life peer) the real challenges, raised by the noble Lord, Lord Palmer, and others, for young people with special - Speech Link
3: Viscount Younger of Leckie (Con - Excepted Hereditary) others, in the special educational needs and disability sector our improvement plan will establish a - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Relationships, Sex and Health Education: Statutory Guidance - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) Of course, the topic of suicide itself needs to be handled sensitively and skilfully, and not before - Speech Link
2: Gillian Keegan (Con - Chichester) from the Labour policy in that we do not have to completely raid any other sector such as support for special - Speech Link
3: Julian Lewis (Con - New Forest East) Page, the educational commentator and campaigner, to the Department’s “Political impartiality in schools - Speech Link
4: Nick Fletcher (Con - Don Valley) It is in these schools, it is online, it is in paper, it is all over the place and it needs to come out - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Community Sports: Impact on Young People - Thu 16 May 2024
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport

Mentions:
1: Baroness Sater (Con - Life peer) Their needs are multiple, persistent and severe, often shaped by their family and social environments.The - Speech Link
2: Baroness Grey-Thompson (XB - Life peer) increased educational attainment. - Speech Link
3: Lord Shamash (Lab - Life peer) special educational needs, but it is under huge financial pressure. - Speech Link
4: Lord Hayward (Con - Life peer) The other club needs a map to get there”. - Speech Link
5: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) when you leave those educational institutions. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Renters (Reform) Bill
2nd reading - Wed 15 May 2024
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mentions:
1: Baroness Taylor of Stevenage (Lab - Life peer) Imagine spending months trying to get your child with special needs into a suitable school and then being - Speech Link
2: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) those with learning disabilities or experiencing mental distress. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Boycott (XB - Life peer) well-being—which we have heard a lot about today—and their educational attainment, as well as the impact - Speech Link
4: Lord Khan of Burnley (Lab - Life peer) This matters, because housing instability destroys wealth creation, damages life chances, restricts educational - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Criminal Justice Bill
Report stage (day 1) - Wed 15 May 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Laura Farris (Con - Newbury) I pay special tribute to my hon. - Speech Link
2: Iain Duncan Smith (Con - Chingford and Woodford Green) , and may have other learning difficulties and other disabilities. - Speech Link
3: None It needs to be regulated. - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Often, they are the most vulnerable, with special educational needs or mental health problems. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Smartphones and Social Media: Children - Tue 14 May 2024
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Educational attainment was rising, and depression and anxiety were stable or falling. - Speech Link
2: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Chinese children are shown only specially selected and inspiring scientific, educational and historical - Speech Link
3: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) In this country we also have a concerning rise in the numbers of children in the special educational - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Business of the House - Thu 09 May 2024
Leader of the House

Mentions:
1: Bob Blackman (Con - Harrow East) educational needs school—something that has been campaigned for by the Conservative-run council, the - Speech Link
2: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) Obviously, we have also been expanding special educational needs provision, but the need is growing and - Speech Link
3: Peter Gibson (Con - Darlington) I am delighted that Darlington has secured funding for a new 48-place special educational needs school - Speech Link
4: Penny Mordaunt (Con - Portsmouth North) He knows that we have made increasing special educational needs provision a priority. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Skills: Importance for the UK Economy and Quality of Life - Thu 09 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Lord Aberdare (XB - Excepted Hereditary) needs, shortages and opportunities. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Wolf of Dulwich (XB - Life peer) We quite rightly have legislative obligations to children with special needs and disabilities and, in - Speech Link
3: Lord Birt (XB - Life peer) needs of both individuals and the economy. - Speech Link
4: Earl of Clancarty (XB - Excepted Hereditary) The particular modern usage fits our current, very specifically framed, educational system. - Speech Link
5: Lord Addington (LD - Excepted Hereditary) have.I have a couple of special interests that I should declare. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Water Safety Education - Tue 07 May 2024
Department for Education

Mentions:
1: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Wood Green) the swimming pool support fund, for which I give the Government credit, but that needs to be seen in - Speech Link
2: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) PE curriculum that suits the needs of all their pupils. - Speech Link
3: Damian Hinds (Con - East Hampshire) The Department contributes to the education sub-group by supporting the forum to understand the needs - Speech Link