Harborough, Oadby and Wigston
ConservativeOverall, across health & social care this Parliament
Alive and kicking!
Ranks 215th of 1273 MPs and peers who have spoken on health or care this Parliament — top 17%. 28 contributions since 2024-09-10.
“…The Minister quite rightly talked about SEND, and we had an important report from the Education Policy Institute this morning about the overlap between SEND and school achievement, and the Government have said two things.”
Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life · 2025-07-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…Member for Twickenham (Munira Wilson) said, to tackle the public health and educational problems being caused by the wider shift to a smartphone-based childhood, including on issues such as the age of consent for social media.”
Educational Attainment of Boys · 2025-07-10 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…When I was the Minister for public health, I met some of the parents and others who had lost loved ones, and those who were working with these campaign groups. I was struck by not only the fear that people experience that something bad or terrible will happen, but that sense of people being excluded or missing out, or…”
Children with Allergies: School Safeguarding · 2025-07-03 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…If, as Schools Week are reporting, the £760 million ‘SEND transformation fund’ is coming out of the core schools budget, then that represents a significant real terms funding cut in school funding.” Perhaps the Minister will tell us whether that is correct and it is coming out of core schools spending.”
Department for Education · 2025-06-24 ·
“Asked whether the Government were planning to restrict EHCPs so that they apply only to children in special schools, the Government’s strategic adviser on SEND, Christine Lenehan, recently said: “I think, to be honest, that’s the conversation we’re in the middle of.” Is she correct to say that Ministers are considering…”
SEND Support: Children without an EHCP · 2025-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
“…This is blowing a huge hole in the NHS workforce plan, leading to a shortfall of 11,000 nurses. If Ministers will not listen to the many employers saying that this will make it much more difficult for people who are not so well-off to get into the professions, will they at least rule out cutting level 6 apprenticeships…”
Level 7 Apprenticeships: Funding · 2025-06-16 · Read on Hansard ↗
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