Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Swallow and Zubir Ahmed

Tuesday 24th February 2026 Commons Chamber

[Peter Swallow (Bracknell) (Lab)]

T9.   I am delighted that two mental health support teams are already at work in Bracknell Forest, supporting almost four-fifths of local pupils with timely, targeted mental health support. There is a lot more to do to fix the child and adolescent mental health services system, but could the Minister set out how school-based interventions are beginning to deliver change?

[Dr Ahmed]

Mental health support teams provide innovative early support for children and young people in schools and colleges, and I am pleased that these are working well in Bracknell Forest, too. Up to 900,000 additional pupils will have access to that support by the spring, and we are accelerating the roll-out to reach full national coverage by 2029.

Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Peter Swallow and Zubir Ahmed

Tuesday 25th November 2025 Commons Chamber

[Peter Swallow (Bracknell) (Lab)]

Bracknell is a life sciences superpower, with Eli Lilly, Sandoz and Boehringer Ingelheim all having a footprint in our town. What can we do to speed up clinical trial set-up to help to deliver the next generation of treatments for our NHS?

[Dr Ahmed]

The Government are already committed to clinical trials being under 150 days by next March. I commend my hon. Friend on all the work he does with his local pharmaceutical companies in advancing medical science locally and nationally.