Schools: Special Needs and Disabilities Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Special Needs and Disabilities

Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds Excerpts
Thursday 15th July 2010

(14 years, 3 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Harrison Portrait Lord Harrison
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My Lords—

Lord Strathclyde Portrait The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (Lord Strathclyde)
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My Lords, there is a general courtesy in the House that we allow the bishops to take priority at Question Time.

Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds Portrait The Lord Bishop of Ripon and Leeds
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My Lords, will the Green Paper to which the Minister referred include proposals to make it easier for schools to obtain funding for structural alterations, in order that children with special educational needs can attend and play a full part in the life of those schools?

Lord Hill of Oareford Portrait Lord Hill of Oareford
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The Green Paper to which I referred is a very pale shade of green at the moment. It will be brought forth in the autumn. I invite the right reverend Prelate to feed his views into the review and into the Green Paper; I am sure that we can take them into account.