Speeches by Asato.

“My next question was going to touch on to what extent you feel that charities and other stakeholders feel able at the moment to deliver the support that is required to reduce and mitigate the impacts of child poverty? How does it feel to charities on the ground at the moment?”

“Could you talk about what effective partnership working with charities and other delivery partners to combat child poverty looks like? Are there any specific lessons that we can learn from the devolved regions?”

“My next question was going to touch on to what extent you feel that charities and other stakeholders feel able at the moment to deliver the support that is required to reduce and mitigate the impacts of child poverty? How does it feel to charities on the ground at the moment?”

“New mums and dads in my constituency tell me that one of the things they worry about most is whether they can afford the childcare that they need to be able to go back to work. That is why it is great that parents will be able to save up to £7,500 a year on nursery fees, thanks to this Labour Government. Does the Prime…”

“I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing this debate. Does she agree that, having created the ban on non-fatal strangulation in pornography, the Government now also need to ban depictions in pornography that encourage a sexual interest in children—so-called paedophilic-adjacent porn—as well as depictions of step-famil…”

“Gerald, there have been 487,000 penalty notices issued. That does not necessarily sound like support first. How do you think that needs to change going forward?”

“I want to move on to some of the legal interventions, such as fines. We have heard that fines are not necessarily effective, particularly for those who are most persistently absent. A number of you have focused on that. In particular, 83% of people who have been sent to prison for a truancy conviction are women, accord…”

“The point is that if you have families who are already going through a lot of stress and trouble, adding a fine on top of that can be the final problem for them. The maximum fine was increased from £60 to £80 in August last year. Does anyone have any evidence about whether that has impacted school attendance either neg…”

“That goes on to the next question, but I want to really focus on those children who have a disability rather than SEMH, for example. We know that parents may have their child out of school because they disagree with the named school on the EHCP, and they feel that sending their child to the current school is damaging t…”

“On the practice of rewarding children who have 100% attendance, those are often children who do not have medical needs and aren’t often unwell because of inherent disability. Do you have a view on whether that is the right way to go about this?”

“The point is that if you have families who are already going through a lot of stress and trouble, adding a fine on top of that can be the final problem for them. The maximum fine was increased from £60 to £80 in August last year. Does anyone have any evidence about whether that has impacted school attendance either neg…”

“We have heard that pupils with SEND have much higher absence rates than their peers who have no identified SEND needs. Do school attendance policies currently strike the right balance between encouraging high attendance where possible, while taking into account the additional barriers to attendance faced by pupils with…”

“That goes on to the next question, but I want to really focus on those children who have a disability rather than SEMH, for example. We know that parents may have their child out of school because they disagree with the named school on the EHCP, and they feel that sending their child to the current school is damaging t…”

“I want to move on to some of the legal interventions, such as fines. We have heard that fines are not necessarily effective, particularly for those who are most persistently absent. A number of you have focused on that. In particular, 83% of people who have been sent to prison for a truancy conviction are women, accord…”

“Gerald, there have been 487,000 penalty notices issued. That does not necessarily sound like support first. How do you think that needs to change going forward?”

“We have heard that pupils with SEND have much higher absence rates than their peers who have no identified SEND needs. Do school attendance policies currently strike the right balance between encouraging high attendance where possible, while taking into account the additional barriers to attendance faced by pupils with…”

“On the practice of rewarding children who have 100% attendance, those are often children who do not have medical needs and aren’t often unwell because of inherent disability. Do you have a view on whether that is the right way to go about this?”

“We know that timely access to mental health support is crucial. Earlier this month, the Education Committee released its report on children’s social care, which recommended that the Government establish mental health teams that are co-located between child and adolescent mental health services —CAMHS—and children’s soc…”

“I thank my hon. Friend the Member for Stroud (Dr Opher) for securing this important debate. One of the most frequent issues raised with me in Lowestoft is dentistry, and the situation is particularly acute for children. As we have heard, one in four five-year-olds experience tooth decay, and preventable tooth decay rem…”

“I thank my hon. Friend for her statement. Like her, I pay tribute to the care leavers who spoke to us, often sharing deeply traumatic stories of their journey through the care system. Their corporate parent is ultimately the state, and we as its custodians must bear the responsibility of ensuring that we support childr…”