SEND Provision: Somerset
Debate between Ashley Fox and Clive Efford(3 months, 2 weeks ago)
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Sir Ashley Fox (Bridgwater) (Con)
I thank the hon. Lady for bringing the debate to Westminster Hall. I have only been the Member for Bridgwater for two months and already have many letters from parents concerned about the system in Somerset for SEND. It is clear that the system is too adversarial and not working correctly. I support her plea for Somerset to be more generously funded—not more than others, but brought up to the average of the country.
Clive Efford (in the Chair)
Is this an intervention on the hon. Member or a speech?
Sir Ashley Fox
Does the hon. Lady agree that the most pressing problem is delays in the system, particularly in making decisions, in creating an EHC plan and in assessing what the contents of that plan would be?