Speeches by Swallow.

“Is what you are describing there a co-creation of the apology?”

“Is what you are describing there a co-creation of the apology?”

“I will turn to that apology now, because that was one of the recommendations of the report, saying that there are some things that only a Government can do. Following the call for that formal apology, the then Conservative Government in 2023 said that issuing an apology would not be appropriate, as “the state did not a…”

“The assessment that it would not be appropriate because the state did not support these practices.”

“Yes, that is what I am asking about.”

“With respect, Ms Farrell, I did not ask about the records. I asked about birth mothers’ expression of their own experiences and how that has been relayed to Barnardo’s. It is a very simple question: when they describe the experience that they went through, do they say that they consented to the process that they have b…”

“T9. I am delighted that two mental health support teams are already at work in Bracknell Forest, supporting almost four-fifths of local pupils with timely, targeted mental health support. There is a lot more to do to fix the child and adolescent mental health services system, but could the Minister set out how school-b…”

“Ms Farrell, you described the process of mothers contacting Barnardo’s. I assume that when they do so, they set out their own experience and view of what has happened to them. Do they typically reflect your characterisation of their adoption journey as one of consent?”

“Countless parents in my constituency have described the constant fight to get support for their SEND children. They have to battle to get a piece of paper that sets out rights that they then cannot access because the support is not there. Will the Secretary of State set out what the new system will mean for the day-to-…”

“Q3. The Government have delivered the funding needed to rebuild the new Frimley Park hospital after the Conservatives made empty, unfunded promises to my constituents. Now we urgently need to get on with announcing the preferred site, along with the investment needed to improve public transport, road access and parking…”

“Is the issue not so much the funding model, but the speed at which providers are able to access that additional funding?”

“We have heard elsewhere that it can feel, for early years providers, that they do all of the work to get the EHCP and then the child is old enough to go to school. It is great that they have it, but too late for the provider.”

“I imagine a small individual provider is not going to have a support team.”

“A final question from me: given the heightened safeguarding risks for children with SEND, who often require higher staffing ratios, specialist staff training, stable key person relationships and adapted safe environments, does the current funding model enable early years providers to meet those safeguarding responsibil…”

“Ann, we had better hear from you.”

“Is that in part because of the time it takes and the difficulty of acquiring an EHCP, which is the funding mechanism?”

“I should declare that I am a member of UNISON. Jayne, we just heard how important it is that providers are notifying safeguarding concerns, because it signifies that they take safeguarding seriously. Does Ofsted track and look into any providers where there are no safeguarding flags being raised? Is that a warning sign…”

“To what extent do limited resources and capacity guide the decision of what to do when a safeguarding concern is raised with you? You mentioned, for example, phone calls, and they can be very useful but also have limitations. Are you confident that you have the appropriate resources and capacity to respond appropriatel…”

“I guess I would gently say that you know something is going wrong when you are not getting any notifications because, as we have just heard quite rightly pointed out, things always happen and safeguarding is not about preventing stuff happening; it is about stepping in when something does happen.”

“Going back to a previous answer of yours, in some ways that is the wrong way round. If you are an organisation that is taking safeguarding seriously and making lots of notifications, it is fantastic that Ofsted is responding to that.”