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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Budget Resolutions

"On a point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. Early this afternoon, the Government published a letter from the Social Security Advisory Committee regarding the Government’s emergency legislation to cut personal independence payment support for more than 160,000 chronically ill and disabled people. You will recall that the Government did not …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 14 Mar 2017
Budget Resolutions

"Further to that point of order, Mr Deputy Speaker. The Minister’s statement is in direct contradiction to the letter that she has received, and I seek further—[Interruption.]..."
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Written Question
Special Educational Needs
Wednesday 15th February 2017

Asked by: Debbie Abrahams (Labour - Oldham East and Saddleworth)

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many special needs assessments were undertaken in each school in England in each year since 2010-11.

Answered by Edward Timpson

The information requested is not held centrally by the Department.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 27 Oct 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Disabled people are twice as likely to live in poverty as a result of their condition, and the situation has been made worse by this Government’s £28 billion social security cuts, which have affected 3.7 million disabled people since 2012. Sick and disabled people are also more likely to be …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 10 May 2016
Key Stage 2 Tests

"Labour Members are most concerned about the fact that this is the second case in a matter of weeks of major pupil testing errors, and that suggests quite strongly that the Government have taken their eye off the ball. How has their preoccupation with enforced academisation affected their ability to …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps she is taking to improve special educational needs and disability services...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 25 Apr 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"I thank the Minister for that answer, but I have been contacted by a constituent who has raised concerns about the potential effect that forcing schools to become academies will have on her autistic son in terms of his being marginalised. Will the Minister tell me what assessment has been …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"7. What steps his Department is taking to help small businesses receive prompt payment from their customers...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 15 Mar 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"We welcome the creation of a small business commissioner as part of the Enterprise Bill, but given that last year’s National Audit Office report showed that four Departments were failing to meet the Government’s payment deadlines, why were public sector contracts not included?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 02 Feb 2016
Oral Answers to Questions

"Not content with cutting social security support for disabled people, including those in work, the Government have moved on to cuts to the disabled student’s allowance. What is the estimate of the reduction in the number of disabled students doing STEM subjects and the impact on the disability employment gap …..."
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