Business of the House

Chris White Excerpts

Thursday 9th June 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. All this shouting from a sedentary position is very unstatesmanlike. It is not the sort of thing that I would ever have done.

[Chris White (Warwick and Leamington) (Con)]

Child and adolescent mental health must be a priority for local health services and every local authority. May we have a debate on the extra measures that we can implement to ensure that the framework is effective in providing the necessary support for some of the most vulnerable in our society?

[Chris Grayling]

The Government can boast of a good record in this area. We are already implementing measures that will deliver additional childcare for very young children, which will give their parents the opportunity to get into the workplace and bring a sense of direction and purpose to their households. We are also bringing forward measures, which are about to be discussed in the other place, that will help tackle issues around the adoption system and the care system. We have a good message to tell about what we are doing, and I hope that every local authority up and down the country will give this issue the importance that my hon. Friend rightly says it should have.