Information between 2nd February 2024 - 22nd April 2024
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Parliamentary Debates |
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Foetal Sentience Committee Bill [HL]
40 speeches (8,704 words) 2nd reading Friday 22nd March 2024 - Lords Chamber Department of Health and Social Care Mentions: 1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) legislation permits abortion up to and even during birth in the cases of Down’s syndrome—it was World Down - Link to Speech |
Down Syndrome Act 2022: Progress on Implementation
1 speech (421 words) Thursday 21st March 2024 - Written Statements Department for Business and Trade Mentions: 1: Maria Caulfield (Con - Lewes) Today, on World Down Syndrome Day, I am pleased to provide an update on the Government progress on implementation - Link to Speech |
Oral Answers to Questions
130 speeches (9,252 words) Wednesday 20th March 2024 - Commons Chamber Cabinet Office Mentions: 1: Liam Fox (Con - North Somerset) Tomorrow is World Down Syndrome Day. - Link to Speech 2: Rishi Sunak (Con - Richmond (Yorks)) Friend for his dedicated work to pass the Down Syndrome Act. - Link to Speech |
Disability Action Plan
9 speeches (4,739 words) Tuesday 6th February 2024 - Lords Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) final thing about the two Bills that are cited in the plan: the British Sign Language Act 2022 and the Down - Link to Speech |
Disability Action Plan
52 speeches (7,454 words) Monday 5th February 2024 - Commons Chamber Department for Work and Pensions Mentions: 1: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) It follows the British Sign Language Act 2022 and the Down Syndrome Act 2022, which have supported 2 - Link to Speech |
Written Answers |
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Pre-school Education and Primary Education: Down's Syndrome
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings) Wednesday 27th March 2024 Question to the Department for Education: To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to support (a) early years learning and (b) primary education for children with Down's Syndrome. Answered by David Johnston - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education) The department is committed to improving the life outcomes and opportunities for children with Down syndrome, including through follow-up to the Down Syndrome Act 2022. From 2025, the department will begin collecting data on the numbers of children and young people with Down syndrome in schools and colleges. This will help inform the planning locally of long term services. The special educational needs and disability (SEND) system in education settings provides support for all children with SEND. The system focuses on removing barriers to education and putting the right support in place to meet need, regardless of the specific condition a child may have. The department set out its mission for more children and young people with SEND to have their needs met effectively in mainstream settings in the SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan in March 2023. The SEND and Alternative Provision Improvement Plan can be found here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/send-and-alternative-provision-improvement-plan. In the Improvement Plan, the department confirmed that frontline professionals, such as teachers and early years practitioners, would be equipped with the skills and expertise to make best use of provision and to identify needs early, accurately and consistently. The department is developing a suite of practitioner standards to help early years staff, teachers and teaching assistants to identify and support the needs of children and young people they work with, prioritising areas such as speech and language development. The department is funding up to 7,000 early years staff to gain an accredited Level 3 early years special educational needs co-ordinator qualification. Additionally, the department is investing £2.6 billion in new specialist places to increase the number of places for those children who need specialist support in mainstream and special schools, and alternative provision. These developments will help children with Down syndrome in early years settings and primary schools reach their full potential. Specifically on early years learning, the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets the standards and requirements that all early years providers must follow, including learning and development requirements. The EYFS includes specific requirements for supporting children with SEND, including those with Down syndrome. All early years providers must have arrangements in place to support children with SEND and all providers who are funded by the local authority to deliver early education places must have regard to the SEND Code of Practice. |
Early Day Motions |
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Monday 18th March 21 signatures (Most recent: 20 Apr 2024) Tabled by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford) That this House celebrates with pride, World Down Syndrome Day 2024, which is a global event that aims to raise awareness, and advocate for the rights of individuals with Down syndrome; marked each year on March 21st, this signifies the triplication of the 21st chromosome that causes Down syndrome; highlights … |
Bill Documents |
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Apr. 19 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 19 April 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down |
Apr. 18 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 18 April 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down |
Apr. 17 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 17 April 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down |
Apr. 15 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 15 April 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down |
Mar. 27 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 27 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down |
Mar. 26 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 26 March 2024 Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24 Amendment Paper Found: To move the following Clause— “Upper gestational limit on abortion where the foetus has Down |
Mar. 08 2024
Memorandum from the Department of Health and Social Care to the Delegated Powers and Regulatory Reform Committee Support for Infants and Parents etc (Information) Bill 2023-24 Delegated Powers Memorandum Found: There is strong precedent to use language of this type in a Bill (for example section 1 (2) of the Down |
Department Publications - Transparency |
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Friday 12th April 2024
Home Office Source Page: Non-technical summaries granted in 2024 Document: Non-technical summaries: projects granted in 2024, January to March (PDF) Found: genetics and the availability of many variant , mutant and engineered lines (e.g. mouse models of Down |
Department Publications - Guidance |
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Tuesday 26th March 2024
Department for Education Source Page: School census 2024 to 2025: technical information Document: School census 2024 to 2025: business and technical specification (PDF) Found: 1.4.2.2 Data Item |
Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications |
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Feb. 05 2024
Disability Unit Source Page: New Disability Action Plan to make UK most accessible place in the world Document: New Disability Action Plan to make UK most accessible place in the world (webpage) News and Communications Found: , and we have passed 2 landmark pieces of legislation - the British Sign Language (BSL) Act and the Down |
Non-Departmental Publications - Policy paper |
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Feb. 05 2024
Disability Unit Source Page: Disability Action Plan Document: Disability Action Plan (PDF) (PDF) Policy paper Found: supported the passage of 2 landmark pieces of legislation, the British Sign Language (B S L ) Act and the Down |
Feb. 05 2024
Disability Unit Source Page: Disability Action Plan Document: Disability Action Plan (large print) (PDF) Policy paper Found: supported the passage of 2 landmark pieces of legislation, the British Sign Language (BSL) Act and the Down |