Speeches by Paffey.

“Thank you all so much.”

“T6. A constituent of mine, aged just 21, tragically died after accessing pro-suicide online forums that not only encouraged self-harm, but advertised how to get lethal drugs and how to exploit loopholes that allowed this. The substance used in her death can still be bought on Amazon today. What steps will the Minister …”

“I think it is very well acknowledged that the current Ofsted system does not value inclusion properly and that the unintended consequence is that you get schools adopting exclusionary practices because of what they are measured on. Maybe starting with Margaret Mulholland and then opening out, I would like to hear how y…”

“In about no more than 10 seconds each, because we have to move on, if you could recommend one element to be added to the inclusion criteria that Ofsted is going to be doing, what would that be? We will start with Catherine and go along the line very quickly. I am sorry to put you on the spot.”

“Thank you all so much.”

“In about no more than 10 seconds each, because we have to move on, if you could recommend one element to be added to the inclusion criteria that Ofsted is going to be doing, what would that be? We will start with Catherine and go along the line very quickly. I am sorry to put you on the spot.”

“I think it is very well acknowledged that the current Ofsted system does not value inclusion properly and that the unintended consequence is that you get schools adopting exclusionary practices because of what they are measured on. Maybe starting with Margaret Mulholland and then opening out, I would like to hear how y…”

“I, too, am proud to point back to a 20-year career in higher education. I am a previous member of the UCU. Carrying on in the same vein, this Education Committee in its previous iteration heard evidence that suggested the OfS did not have “particular presence or standing in the minds of students”. Before I ask you how …”

“You will understand the challenge when an Office for Students is not seen to have the confidence of or engagement with students. I would be interested to know, from the picture that you have just painted, how you intend to use your experience to build back that credibility, both with providers and with the students the…”

“You will be aware that the Behan report made recommendations around strengthening the voice of students, particularly in the OfS’s governance. You have touched on it a bit, but could you say a bit more about the concrete deliverables that you would seek to achieve within the first couple of years?”

“I have one quick supplementary question. I appreciate what you have been setting out in terms of re-engaging with students, but for providers there are still concerns about the regulatory burden, and that the OfS is not going to remove any of its current regulation but has plans to add to it. What are your thoughts on …”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Minister for giving way and my hon. Friend the Member for Blyth and Ashington (Ian Lavery) for securing the debate. On the point about the criteria, it is difficult to match some of what we know about our own constituencies with some of the criteria that Link deals with, which seem restrictiv…”

“In rising to support the Bill, I want to say, without heaping too much praise on the right hon. Member for South Holland and The Deepings (Sir John Hayes), that it is a pleasure to follow him and many of the comments he made. Like him, I have arrived at this place through the academic route, and perhaps precisely becau…”

“I think the best people to answer that would be the employers who, time and again, have been telling us—and, I am pretty sure, telling the right hon. Gentleman and his colleagues—about the pure bureaucracy and complexity of the system that has been set up. They are the best advocates of the need for change. By setting …”

“Claire, I will start with you. Recognising that the ISA has acknowledged that there is some scepticism around accountability within independent SEND provision particularly around lacking adequate scrutiny and being held to different frameworks and so on, what is your response and how do we go about improving that accou…”

“Yes. I think it is around things such as whether they are held to the SEND code of conduct, different obligations, the code of practice and things such as that, so there are some things where they are held to account. Whether they are doing them or not, and that might be part of it, it is just knowing that they are fol…”

“I realise we are short of time. The final question from me—it has been partly raised already—is around accountability and recognising you said about the value for money. Some of that might be perception but how do we ensure that there is value for money for the public purse, not just on cost but on quality? The questio…”

“I warmly welcome this statement and the firm actions that my right hon. Friend is taking to make sure that we can level the playing field and boost attendance and attainment for children in Southampton Itchen and beyond. I am particularly delighted that St John’s primary and nursery school will get this investment from…”

“I pay huge tribute to my hon. Friend the Member for Derby North for her frankly masterful navigation through the facts. This moment demands the facts—not misrepresentation and the dismissal of previous inquiries, but the gravitas and experience that she has brought to the debate. I believe that has kept the Committee o…”

“2. What steps he is taking to increase the accountability of water company executives for service failures.”