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Adjournment debate on Thursday, 26 October 2006, in the House of Commons, led by Barry Sheerman. The answering member was Parmjit Dhanda.

Special Educational Needs

Westminster hall adjournment debate on special educational needs.

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
450 c489-536WH 
Session
2005-06
Department
Department for Education and Skills
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
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Proceeding contributions
Barry Sheerman | 450 c489-93WH (Link to this contribution) I have not served under your chairmanship in this Chamber before, Mr. Hancock, and it is a pleasure ...
Speaker | 450 c493WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Sheerman. If there is a concerted attempt for Select Committee members to follow on f...
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Speaker | 450 c489WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call Mr. Sheerman, I should say that many hon. Members have indicated that they wish to spe...
Gordon Marsden | 450 c496-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a privilege to follow not only my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman), who ...
John Bercow | 450 c498WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point. Does he agree that, as the report says, SENCOs withou...
John Bercow | 450 c493-6WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful for the opportunity to participate in the debate and to declare an interest as the fat...
Speaker | 450 c496WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Bercow. Your son is extremely fortunate to have you as such an eloquent advocate on h...
Paul Robert Holmes | 450 c500-4WH (Link to this contribution) Like other Members, I pay tribute to the work of the Select Committee. I have been a member of it fo...
Speaker | 450 c500WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Marsden. I do not want to appear to be harassing hon. Members, and I apologise to Mr....
Gordon Marsden | 450 c498-500WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Gentleman for making that point and I agree absolutely. I would go further...
Douglas Carswell | 450 c507-9WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) and other members of the Education an...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 450 c510-1WH (Link to this contribution) It is always interesting to follow the hon. Member for Harwich (Mr. Carswell), to whose comments I s...
Speaker | 450 c511WH (Link to this contribution) I apologise for giving the wrong information to some hon. Members after I suspended the sitting. I s...
Roberta Blackman-Woods | 450 c511-2WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Hancock. I shall do my best to wind up soon so that we can make progress. Page 56 of...
Jeff Ennis | 450 c504-7WH (Link to this contribution) Thank you, Mr. Hancock, for the opportunity to speak in this important debate. It is always a great ...
John Bercow | 450 c507WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman is making a powerful point. Does he agree that it is particularly applicable to c...
Speaker | 450 c507WH (Link to this contribution) Order. That was very close to being another speech, Mr. Bercow.
Jeff Ennis | 450 c507WH (Link to this contribution) I am conscious of the time, so I shall bring my remarks to a close by saying that the hon. Gentleman...
Clive Efford | 450 c513-4WH (Link to this contribution) I know that several hon. Members have said that they will be brief, and I will try to do the same. I...
Lord Benyon | 450 c512-3WH (Link to this contribution) It is a great pleasure to pay tribute to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Mr. Sheerman) and the oth...
Annette Brooke | 450 c521-3WH (Link to this contribution) First, I pay tribute to the enormous amount of good work involved in special needs provision. Unfort...
John Bercow | 450 c523-4WH (Link to this contribution) I am grateful to the hon. Lady for giving way, because she is making an extremely important point. D...
David Heyes | 450 c517-20WH (Link to this contribution) I commend the Select Committee on its excellent report. I intend to be brief, because I want to focu...
Rob Wilson | 450 c520-1WH (Link to this contribution) As we are short of time, I will try to be brief. Some hon. Members would say I should make the Front...
Clive Efford | 450 c514WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes the point well. In an attempt to be brief, I shall not comment on it any furthe...
Brooks Newmark | 450 c514-7WH (Link to this contribution) I, too, am delighted to speak in this debate and to pay tribute to the Committee’s work. Although I ...
Gordon Marsden | 450 c514WH (Link to this contribution) We talked about that precise point a great deal in the Select Committee report. The Government have ...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c532WH (Link to this contribution) I was mid-thought, but I am happy to give way.
John Bercow | 450 c532-3WH (Link to this contribution) I am genuinely perplexed and nonplussed. What is the nature of that local accountability to which th...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c533WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. From my experience of considering such issues and the...
Annette Brooke | 450 c533WH (Link to this contribution) Will the Minister clarify the situation for parents who have special educational needs themselves? D...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c533WH (Link to this contribution) That is a very good point, and I am grateful to the hon. Lady for making it. We must take a closer l...
Barry Sheerman | 450 c533-6WH (Link to this contribution) The Minister has been very generous in providing me with time to respond. When we undertake a Commi...
Speaker | 450 c529WH (Link to this contribution) Before I call the Minister, I should thank all Members who have taken part this afternoon for the co...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c529-31WH (Link to this contribution) I congratulate all Members, irrespective of whether they are on the Education and Skills Committee, ...
Nick Gibb | 450 c528-9WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is a powerful advocate for that school, and I hope that he is successful in his campa...
Jeff Ennis | 450 c531WH (Link to this contribution) I am sure that the Minister is aware that many organisations are saying that the statementing proces...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c531-2WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend makes an interesting point. I shall come to the statementing process and how I think ...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c531WH (Link to this contribution) I am short of time and I want to give my hon. Friend the Member for Huddersfield time to respond, bu...
Nick Gibb | 450 c532WH (Link to this contribution) Given what the Minister said, does he think it possible that some local authorities have misundersto...
Parmjit Dhanda | 450 c532WH (Link to this contribution) The hon. Gentleman makes an interesting point. We will send guidance to local authorities, making it...
Annette Brooke | 450 c524-5WH (Link to this contribution) I absolutely agree with the hon. Gentleman. Not only are such fights taken on only by parents who ca...
Nick Gibb | 450 c525-8WH (Link to this contribution) It is a pleasure to follow the hon. Member for Mid-Dorset and North Poole (Annette Brooke), who spok...
John Bercow | 450 c528WH (Link to this contribution) My hon. Friend is again making a compelling point. I have visited the Nuffield speech and language u...
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