SEND and Alternative Provision Debate

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Department: Department for Education

SEND and Alternative Provision

Munira Wilson Excerpts
Monday 6th March 2023

(1 year, 9 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Claire Coutinho Portrait Claire Coutinho
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I thank my right hon. Friend for that question. Yes, I am happy to discuss with him the school—I think there might be two—coming forward in his area.

Munira Wilson Portrait Munira Wilson (Twickenham) (LD)
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This plan comes three years after the SEND review was launched. Given that most of the national standards will not be published until late 2025, the new EHCP template will not be rolled out until 2025, the cross-departmental steering group will not complete its work until 2025 and no new primary legislation will be proposed until at least 2025, what message would the Minister like to give to the parents and children in my constituency and right across the country who have already been waiting too long and fighting far too hard to access the support they need and are entitled to?