Speeches by Perteghella.

“You have all talked about the difference that the Curriculum and Assessment Review will make to the outcomes of the most disadvantaged children in England's schools. What further changes to the curriculum and assessment need to be made to achieve this?”

“What will be the merits of making changes to the curricula for key stages 1, 2 and 3 which is to all pupils, compared to curricula for key stage 4 subjects, which only some students will choose to take?”

“Dr Polizzi, in your evidence to the Lords Committee you criticised the lack of an overarching framework for media literacy and also criticised the siloes between Government Departments. What has been the impact of this and what should be done to address it?”

“You have all talked about the difference that the Curriculum and Assessment Review will make to the outcomes of the most disadvantaged children in England's schools. What further changes to the curriculum and assessment need to be made to achieve this?”

“You have already discussed how you have implemented a whole school approach to SEND. My question is about the role of training and CPD in achieving an inclusive approach to SEND. Nicole?”

“Nicole and Daniel, we have heard that children and families have to wait a long time to get their EHCPs or to get an assessment and then the plan. How does your setting support children and families during this interim period?”

“My next question is for Conrad. The Committee is aware of your work on reducing the referral to assessment timeline for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Can you please expand on how you have achieved this and what outcomes you have seen?”

“We have had calls for putting SEND support on a statutory footing. In the view of the panel, would this help improve some provision in mainstream education settings and, if this happened, what might the impact be on schools and what would you want this to look like in practice? I will start with Conrad.”

“Increasingly, parents and carers are forced to go to SEN tribunals and as a constituency MP families tell me that it feels like a continuous struggle just to get their children the support they need and deserve. Do you agree that the SEND system in England is adversarial? If so, what policies currently contribute to th…”

“You have already discussed how you have implemented a whole school approach to SEND. My question is about the role of training and CPD in achieving an inclusive approach to SEND. Nicole?”

“Nicole and Daniel, we have heard that children and families have to wait a long time to get their EHCPs or to get an assessment and then the plan. How does your setting support children and families during this interim period?”

“My next question is for Conrad. The Committee is aware of your work on reducing the referral to assessment timeline for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities. Can you please expand on how you have achieved this and what outcomes you have seen?”

“We have had calls for putting SEND support on a statutory footing. In the view of the panel, would this help improve some provision in mainstream education settings and, if this happened, what might the impact be on schools and what would you want this to look like in practice? I will start with Conrad.”

“Increasingly, parents and carers are forced to go to SEN tribunals and as a constituency MP families tell me that it feels like a continuous struggle just to get their children the support they need and deserve. Do you agree that the SEND system in England is adversarial? If so, what policies currently contribute to th…”

“Yes, absolutely. We need to ensure that our new generation of young people are fit and healthy and able to cycle. That would also reduce carbon emissions in our towns. We need high-quality cycling infrastructure to ensure that all this happens.”

“I thank the shadow Minister for his question. Let me take the case of the disused railway in my constituency. It is not in public ownership any more, and it is fragmented. We can fund as many feasibility studies as we want to invest in cycling infrastructure, but an incidental green space is not used by landowners at a…”

“In my constituency, we have seen the consequences of house building without the infrastructure to match. This Bill is such a missed opportunity: the Government are repeating the same top-down, developer-led approach that has already failed, sidelining communities, undermining local plans and cutting local councillors o…”

“Can the Minister tell me how many more children must die before the Government finally ban the sales and export of all UK arms, including component parts, to the murderous Netanyahu Government?”

“Q7. Over the past few months, I have been meeting care providers in my constituency of Stratford-on-Avon who deliver essential and expert care to some of my most vulnerable constituents. However, like so many small businesses, they are under huge financial pressures, and the hike in national insurance is yet another bu…”

“What is your assessment of the current level of collaboration between the further education sector, employers and local government in responding to the skills shortage? How can these regional partnerships be strengthened? I would also like you to refer, if applicable, to how the implementation of the skills improvement…”