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Geraint Davies Excerpts

Thursday 10th December 2020 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Absolutely right.

[Geraint Davies (Swansea West) (Lab/Co-op) [V]]

  The Secretary of State will know that millions of people—both children and adults—with speech and language difficulties have had a very difficult time in the pandemic through lack of physical and digital support. Will he meet me, as chair of the all-party parliamentary group on speech and language difficulties, and the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists to discuss how to improve digital support for those with speech and language difficulties at this very difficult time?

[Oliver Dowden]

The hon. Gentleman is right to raise the issue of digital exclusion across the board. My Department is working closely to address that, and of course I would be very happy for either me or one of my ministerial colleagues to meet him and that group to discuss those ideas further.