Biography
Margaret Mullane has engaged with learning disability and autism issues predominantly through debate speeches, securing an Adjournment debate on SEND provision in Barking and Dagenham and leading a debate on pica training within SEND. Her contributions focus on the pressures facing special educational needs services in her constituency, including insufficient funding and professional knowledge gaps, with particular emphasis on the need for national training standards and increased investment in inclusive mainstream provision.
Generated from their own Hansard record, below
“…me to prominence in the media due to the tragic case of Owen Garnett, a student at Welcombe Hills, a specialist SEND provision school in Stratford-upon-Avon. Owen had pica and was in an educational environment that understood that, yet after choking on a paper towel unsupervised, Owen sadly died, aged 19.”
Record by topic
- Learning disability & autism159th of 89924.0
- A&E & ambulance response55th of 2586.0
- GP access93rd of 2413.0
- Mental health654th of 8803.0
- Public health & prevention417th of 6883.0
What they’ve said
“…The work goes on. Question put and agreed to. Resolved, That this House has considered Pica training within SEND provision.…”
Pica Eating Disorder: SEND · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“I beg to move, That this House has considered Pica training within SEND provision. It is a pleasure to serve under your chairship, Mr Betts. Before I go any further, I want to make an admission. Until last year, I had not encountered pica, either in a personal capacity or through my work in Parliament.”
Pica Eating Disorder: SEND · 2026-09-09 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…education for all, and painted a vision of a place where every child succeeds and is not held back by poverty, special educational needs or a lack of respect for vocational education. Growth does not work when we all pull in different directions.”
Backing Business to Create Economic Growth · 2026-05-18 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…I will keep banging the drum for Queen’s hospital, in the hope of securing the £35 million needed to expand its emergency department and bring down waiting times for my constituents.”
Budget Resolutions · 2025-12-02 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…truly inclusive schools, well-funded and resourced, so that Barking and Dagenham can increase the provision of SEND support in a mainstream setting. If the local authority could ensure a high standard of support through on-site additionally resourced provision and other mainstream settings, that would reassure the par…”
SEND Provision: London Borough of Barking and Dagenham · 2025-07-07 · Read on Hansard ↗
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