Special Educational Needs and Disabilities Review

Baroness Laing of Elderslie Excerpts

Tuesday 29th March 2022 Commons Chamber

[Nadhim Zahawi]

I certainly can. We are putting the best part of £5 billion into recovery.

[Madam Deputy Speaker (Dame Eleanor Laing)]

The prize for perseverance and patience goes to Holly Mumby-Croft.

[Holly Mumby-Croft (Scunthorpe) (Con)]

Thank you, Madam Deputy Speaker.

I recently visited St Hugh’s, an outstanding special school in my constituency. I was shown around by Thomas and Spencer, and I was incredibly impressed by both of them—they made a big impression on me. They are brilliant tour guides, and I hope to pay them back by giving them a tour of this place as soon as it can be arranged. Will my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State join me in thanking the staff and teachers at schools such as St Hugh’s for the brilliant work they are already doing, alongside the Government, to support our great young people like Thomas and Spencer?

[Nadhim Zahawi]

I certainly join my hon. Friend in thanking them. They go above and beyond. It has not been easy over the past couple of years, when they have had to deal with a global pandemic and, of course, deliver care and education for these children. I express my heartfelt thanks and gratitude for everything they do, and of course for everything this sector does across the country.

[Madam Deputy Speaker]

That concludes the statement. I thank the Secretary of State for answering so many questions so thoroughly.