School Funding
Debate between Royston Smith and Karen Lee(5 years, 9 months ago)
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Royston Smith
That is exactly what I just said, but the hon. Lady decided to interpret what I said as not thinking that children with special educational needs and complex educational needs were being looked after in schools far better than they used to be. There is nothing wrong with putting the case for extra funding from Government, and I expect everyone to do that, but it has to be done within the envelope of public spending. Everyone is asking for money for everything.
Karen Lee (Lincoln) (Lab)
In the last Budget, the Chancellor talked about giving “little extras”. Does the hon. Gentleman agree that what we need is proper funding, not “little extras”?
Royston Smith
I absolutely agree with the hon. Lady, but what we are getting is far more than we did. What we need is even more than we have got.