Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Bridget Phillipson and Neil Hudson

Monday 21st July 2025 Commons Chamber

[Bridget Phillipson]

As I said in response to the hon. Member for North Herefordshire (Ellie Chowns), children with SEND have a legal right to additional support. We will not just protect it, but improve it. We will deliver better outcomes and support for children with SEND.

I do not know how the shadow Minister has the brass neck to stand there and ask that question, given that the Conservatives left behind a system that their last Education Secretary described as “lose, lose, lose”. It is for that reason that we deal with so many questions on this topic every time we gather for Education questions. What we have at the moment is not working by any objective measure: children are being failed and parents are being failed. It falls to the Labour Government to deliver the better system of support that all our children with SEND desperately need.

[Dr Neil Hudson (Epping Forest) (Con)]

9. What assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of the use of smartphones in schools on levels of disruption in classrooms.