Schools: Exclusion of Disabled Children Debate
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Lord Cunningham of Felling
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Schools: Exclusion of Disabled Children
Lord Cunningham of Felling Excerpts(5 years, 10 months ago)
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Lord Agnew of Oulton
My Lords, we have funded the Autism Education Trust and have recently extended that to improve the awareness of these conditions of education staff. We have now brought that awareness to more than 175,000 teachers and education staff in the past five years, which is 25,000 more than when I last answered a Question on autism only a month ago.
Lord Cunningham of Felling (Lab)
My Lords, the Minister says at the Dispatch Box that we need more evidence. We do not need any more evidence; the evidence is all around us. Children with disabilities in schools are being discriminated against. The evidence is everywhere. Why do the Government need another inquiry before they act to stop this discrimination?