Charles Walker
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Mindfulness in Schools
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Mr Charles Walker (in the Chair)
Order. The hon. Lady was not present at the beginning of the debate. I will let her make an intervention, but please, colleagues: you have been here for a year and a half. You know the rules.
Margaret Ferrier
I had a view of some research in a 2014 Clinical Psychology Review. Researchers at Montreal University, who looked at 209 studies covering more than 12,000 people, concluded that mindfulness is especially effective to reduce anxiety, depression and stress. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that mindfulness would be extremely beneficial for young people to use as a tool to cope with stress and anxiety, be it social, exam-related or otherwise?
Nick Thomas-Symonds (Torfaen) (Lab)
Will my hon. Friend give way? I, too, apologise for not being present at the start—
Mr Charles Walker (in the Chair)
Gosh: we now have a free-for-all. I will be less generous next time, but if the hon. Gentleman wishes to give way—