Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference the June 2019 report of the Children’s Commissioner, We need to talk: access to speech and language therapy, if he will meet with NHS Clinical Commissioners to discuss the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of that report.

The Government recognises that speech, language and communication skills are a primary indicator of child wellbeing. Officials from the Department will discuss the Children’s Commissioner’s report with NHS Clinical Commissioners at the next opportunity.