Speeches by Paffey.

“I think we would absolutely accept the points you make. The urgency of having places for children to go to that are safe and known to be safe is absolutely of paramount importance. We probably would want the reassurance of the data on how long you have until you have inspected all of those so that we can have some reas…”

“Two brief questions on social workers. We have heard evidence that there is a recruitment and retention problem. Obviously the turnover and the instability that results from that is bad for the children that social workers are there to serve. Are you intending to take any steps? I appreciate the comments you have just …”

“We obviously welcome those good signs. I assume you will be monitoring retention of them. Having higher numbers is great but we want to make sure that they are staying in post. Do you have a plan for monitoring that and taking action if anything changes?”

“On that point about caseloads, almost half of social workers say they do not feel like they get enough time with the families that they are working with. If caseloads are going down, what is that due to or what more are you doing as a Department to ensure that caseloads can come down for those for whom it has not yet?”

“I rise to comment on Government new clauses 18 to 22 and new clause 3. I very much welcome the new corporate parenting duties and the value they add to the Bill and to the activities of authorities up and down the country. The new clauses add value because this Bill is about boosting standards in schools and creating o…”

“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…”