Biography
Baroness Morris of Yardley has engaged substantively on learning disability, autism and mental health primarily through debate speeches on education and children's wellbeing legislation, with particular focus on SEND funding formulas and the transition from education to work for young disabled people. She has also contributed to committee work on these topics, including leading discussion on a Public Services Committee report examining employment pathways for disabled young people. Her interventions have been notably balanced, acknowledging both opportunities for reform and practical challenges facing schools and disabled students.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…First, on the extra money going into the system to support SEND, I very much welcome the work that the Government plan to do on a new formula for supporting children from disadvantage.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism304th of 89913.0
- Mental health750th of 8802.0
What they’ve said
“…ve great sympathy with what he says, and I hope that it may be an issue that the Minister will address when the SEND reform plans are presented in due course. I understand the intention behind Amendment 198 and have a lot of sympathy with it.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2026-02-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If you miss it when it is there, you sometimes do not get another chance for a decade or longer. With the SEND review, with the vocational qualifications framework being changed, with further education becoming a priority for government, with the skills White Paper and with the evidence of what works, quite honestly if…”
Think Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report) · 2025-11-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…On the educational institutions, we made a number of SEND recommendations. I shall not touch on those, because I know that the Government are producing a report that I hope will be launched shortly. I just hope that the Minister and the Government have looked at our recommendations.”
Think Work First: The Transition from Education to Work for Young Disabled People (Public Services Committee Report) · 2025-11-04 · Read on Hansard ↗
“My Lords, I oppose Amendment 427C and the gist of the speeches and comments that we have heard so far. In doing so, I tread with great care, because I realise the history, the sensitivities, and the passion and commitment of those people whose lives would be involved.”
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill · 2025-09-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I am sure the Minister will appreciate that, and I would welcome some comments. So I welcome breakfast clubs, mental health checks and the 6,500 extra teachers as things that can happen now.”
King’s Speech · 2024-07-19 · Read on Hansard ↗
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