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Special Educational Needs

: May I bear out what my hon. Friend is saying from my experiences as a constituency MP? That issue has increasingly cropped up in my visits to schools, particularly in the last year. Many teachers in mainstream schools want to try to include children whom they think they can help, but they also realise that there are some children who cannot practically be helped in mainstream schooling. Resistance is growing among teachers. They are increasingly having foisted on them children whom, despite all their best efforts, they do not have adequate resources to help.