"It is an honour to serve under your chairship, Sir John. I congratulate my hon. and learned Friend the Member for Folkestone and Hythe (Tony Vaughan) on securing this important debate and bringing the voices of young people, parents and teachers in Kent into Parliament so powerfully.
"As an action from today, I commit to write to MPs setting out more detail about that continuing scrutiny so that they can share it with their constituents.
Wider questions were raised about the curriculum and assessment review and ensuring that the curriculum and the provision in school support inclusion. …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Ms Butler. I am sure you will cough at the appropriate time if I am going on.
I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Broxtowe (Juliet Campbell) and the hon. Member for Yeovil (Adam Dance) for securing this important debate. …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"I do agree. Teaching assistants play a vital role in supporting children with special educational needs, which can include reading, and there is good evidence that that support is working. Today, we have heard about some of the huge challenges, but I want to mention a school I visited in …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"I could not agree more. As the daughter of a publisher, that was very much the mantra that I was brought up on. Reading gives us access to so many different worlds and brings so much joy; the Government are taking forward the National Year of Reading to inspire young …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"It is a privilege to serve under your chairship, Ms Lewell. I thank the hon. Member for Keighley and Ilkley (Robbie Moore) for his thoughtful and nuanced introduction to the debate. It was brilliant to hear that he consulted a whole range of parents, headteachers and others. He set us …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"I thank my hon. Friend for making that point and all hon. Members who have done copious research on the various travel companies and prices at different times. I hope that those companies watch the debate and hear the strength of feeling. The Chair of the Education Committee, my hon. …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"I am very concerned by that. I welcome the fact that so many more young people are being diagnosed and getting their needs met. In previous generations, they might never have received that support. I am very concerned about that language.
"The previous Government had 14 years to deliver this reform. Where was any of this urgency when they were in power? I ran a council in which I saw every day the broken system we were left to operate—the one that the last Conservative Secretary of State for Education called …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech
"As we have already heard today and in a packed Westminster Hall debate last month, too many children and families are being let down by the current SEND system. We want children to have support when they need it, without a battle. We are already investing in early intervention and …..." Georgia Gould - View Speech