Children with Genetic Conditions: Specialist Support Debate
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Lord McFall of Alcluith
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Children with Genetic Conditions: Specialist Support
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Baroness Berridge (Con)
My Lords, the noble Lord is correct that early years and language development were greatly affected during the lockdowns. That is one reason why early-years settings were kept open—because of the nature of that education provision. We have allocated £18 million to early-years language development, including £8 million to the Nuffield Early Language Intervention, and I believe that the majority of primary schools have signed up for that. We are funding the initiatives that we help believe can help those children to catch up.
The Lord Speaker (Lord McFall of Alcluith)
My Lords, all supplementary questions have been asked.