Speeches by Dixon.

“I am guesting from the Public Accounts Committee and thank you for your contributions so far. Obviously since the Children and Families Act in 2014 we have over a decade now of attempts for joint working. I think back in 2015 there was a SEND code of practice and it described that partners must agree on how they will c…”

“In the Public Accounts Committee report we said there was this risk of a lost generation because so many children are not getting their needs met at the earliest opportunity. We have had evidence from an organisation Contact, they are suggesting perhaps a joint legal duty across health, social care and education. We he…”

“I am conscious that you are particularly health but social care is also part of this join up. Is there anything more there that you see needed to bind social care in?”

“I want to go back a little to the SEND and joint commissioning. I think we are all in agreement that there is some strengthening needed around the engagement of health and perhaps social care in joint commissioning arrangements. Some of the evidence the Committee has received from the Council of Disabled Children talks…”

“Are there other sources of data or information that you think we should be gathering to be in that more anticipatory approach?”

“I recently visited an early years provider. One of the other things is, are we getting the same level of data as we might expect through schools? But obviously as we move towards more publicly funded childcare hours and also school-based nurseries, whether we can bring in more data on early years settings as well. Is t…”

“The only additional one on the data is where we do not have shared boundaries between local authorities and health, which is a quick point on that additional challenge.”

“As a brief follow-up to that, we had talked earlier about some ideas about how you might compel health. One idea is around tribunal recommendations and whether tribunals should be able to issue binding recommendations on both health and children’s social care.”

“My sense is that the preference is to start with joint commissioning, if we got all of that right, but if things do end up in tribunal there probably is a need for some stronger binding recommendations but we must not rely on that. Have I summarised that broadly?”

“In the Public Accounts Committee report we said there was this risk of a lost generation because so many children are not getting their needs met at the earliest opportunity. We have had evidence from an organisation Contact, they are suggesting perhaps a joint legal duty across health, social care and education. We he…”

“I am guesting from the Public Accounts Committee and thank you for your contributions so far. Obviously since the Children and Families Act in 2014 we have over a decade now of attempts for joint working. I think back in 2015 there was a SEND code of practice and it described that partners must agree on how they will c…”

“I am conscious that you are particularly health but social care is also part of this join up. Is there anything more there that you see needed to bind social care in?”

“I think we will be coming back to some points there but thank you.”

“I want to go back a little to the SEND and joint commissioning. I think we are all in agreement that there is some strengthening needed around the engagement of health and perhaps social care in joint commissioning arrangements. Some of the evidence the Committee has received from the Council of Disabled Children talks…”

“Are there other sources of data or information that you think we should be gathering to be in that more anticipatory approach?”

“I recently visited an early years provider. One of the other things is, are we getting the same level of data as we might expect through schools? But obviously as we move towards more publicly funded childcare hours and also school-based nurseries, whether we can bring in more data on early years settings as well. Is t…”

“As a brief follow-up to that, we had talked earlier about some ideas about how you might compel health. One idea is around tribunal recommendations and whether tribunals should be able to issue binding recommendations on both health and children’s social care.”

“My sense is that the preference is to start with joint commissioning, if we got all of that right, but if things do end up in tribunal there probably is a need for some stronger binding recommendations but we must not rely on that. Have I summarised that broadly?”

“Clearly, many carers have been affected by overpayments. Overpayment comes as a shock to many who are trying to work in order to bridge the gap between carer’s allowance and their family’s costs, and it has a significant impact on their mental health. Does the Minister share my gratitude to Liz Sayce for the work that …”

“I echo my hon. Friend the Member for Leeds Central and Headingley (Alex Sobel) in expressing my deepest sympathies to the families of the victims of this horrendous crime. West Yorkshire police is investigating two recent murders in my constituency of Shipley. Will my right hon. Friend assure me that West Yorkshire pol…”