Speeches by Swallow.

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

“I also sit on the Joint Committee on Human Rights, although I was not a member when it published its report in 2022. I want to turn to that now. What progress have the Government made in implementing the Committee’s recommendations? In particular, recommendations were made on access to adoption records, the sharing of …”

“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…”

“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?”

“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?”

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

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

“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…”

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

“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…”

“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…”

“I also sit on the Joint Committee on Human Rights, although I was not a member when it published its report in 2022. I want to turn to that now. What progress have the Government made in implementing the Committee’s recommendations? In particular, recommendations were made on access to adoption records, the sharing of …”

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

“That leads perfectly onto my question for you, Ann. What specific challenges arise for local authorities, when regulating or supporting large nursery chains, around consistency, communication and accountability? We talked about this earlier from the other perspective of large nursery chains working with lots of differe…”

“We talked earlier about trying to differentiate between a setting-specific safeguarding concern and something that might be more across a chain. When an issue has been identified and there is concern that it might be a chain-wide issue, do you routinely let other local authorities know, where that provider is present i…”

“That is my point.”

“Could it be?”

“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.”