Speeches by Young.

“If you are getting special status through it, that is part of the definition.”

“If you are getting special status through it, that is part of the definition.”

“Time and again in my constituency surgeries, I hear stories of children’s needs going unrecognised and unsupported for years. Given the aim of increasing mainstream inclusion, what are the Government doing to ensure that all teachers receive comprehensive SEND training?”

“Last week, I visited Christ the King school in Thornbury for the great school lunch, which raises awareness of the benefits of healthy and nutritious school meals. There is real concern that the funding for both school lunches and breakfast clubs is not enough to cover the cost of providing them, putting pressure on sc…”

“Notwithstanding the decision to drop this case, it is clear that China is trying to undermine our democracy. Will the Government include all Chinese officials, Hong Kong special administrative region officials and Chinese Communist party-linked organisations on the enhanced tier of the foreign influence registration sc…”

“We do have some evidence. Generally, does any of the companies pursue businesses where that is happening? No, okay. Stepping back from that specific question, what are the differences between supplying businesses and supplying consumers?”

“I have a quick follow-up on a couple of points. First, would anyone object to businesses being given a 14-day cooling-off period after signing a new contract? No. What about extending the eligibility for going to the ombudsman? At the moment, it is restricted to quite a small section of the commercial sector.”

“For those of you who have a business element, would you say that the one thing you would do to help businesses with energy issues is to regulate the market for brokers? Is there something else you would suggest, if you were going to suggest one thing to the Secretary of State to support businesses?”

“I am going to switch focus to business customers. I would like to start with Chris Norbury. Do you pursue businesses with debt collectors or through the courts when they have unresolved complaints with the ombudsman?”

“One of the key findings of the report is that there needs to be a clear definition of what an inclusive education means. Does the Chair of the Select Committee agree that inflexible, draconian disciplinary systems at secondary level applied without consideration for reasonable adjustments are one of the things that con…”

“I thank the 257 constituents in Thornbury and Yate who signed the petition. I want to focus on one symptom of the broken system: emotionally based school non-attendance. Children whose needs are not met can struggle to attend school and, too often, the response is to punish the parents rather than to provide extra supp…”

“Before we move on to our questions about habitats and environmental impact assessment, I want to ask Rebecca this: is there anything you think can be done? To go back to the question I asked about where sites are close together, where you may be able to do something and gain added benefit, is there any way that can be …”

“Okay. To move on to biodiversity and habitat rules, current habitats and environmental impact assessment rules often require mitigation on or near the project site. What should EN-7’s approach be to off-site or offsetting measures to meet biodiversity and habitat obligations?”

“We saw at Hinkley that they tried to get out of the so-called “fish disco”. They ended up proposing saltmarshes many miles away from their original site—one of them in my patch. Is it acceptable to do something so far off site? What is being done to ensure that developers actually stick to what they agreed to in the fi…”

“Julia, do you have anything to add?”

“Okay. Do you think there could be an alternative test that might ensure public safety and maintain confidence? For example, the REPPIR are already site-specific and proportionate. Some people have suggested that a simple fix would be to scrap the SUPDC and simply fold REPPIR requirements into the national policy statem…”

“On the Finnish one, it sounds like the manufacturers are setting their own requirements. What sort of outside checking is done?”

“So is the manufacturer saying, “This is what we think the exclusion zones need to be,” and then the regulator is checking that?”

“Julia?”

“How do you respond to the suggestion that we take the Finnish approach?”