Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Catherine McKinnell and John Lamont

Monday 16th June 2025 Commons Chamber

[Catherine McKinnell]

We are investing significantly to make mainstream schools more inclusive for SEND students. By strengthening our evidence of effective inclusive practice, we are equipping teachers with proven tools and strategies to deliver excellent inclusive education supported by expert teaching and a world-class curriculum. We will set out more details in our White Paper in the autumn.

[John Lamont (Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) (Con)]

T4. Scottish education was once the envy of the world, but under the SNP it is being destroyed. Data shows that a quarter of 11-year-olds in Scotland are not achieving expected literacy levels. Does the Minister agree that the SNP needs to drop its weird obsessions and get back to the basics of sorting out Scotland’s education?