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Backbench debate and Select Committee statement on Monday, 13 October 2025, in the House of Commons, led by Helen Hayes.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

Statement on the publication of the fifth report of the Education Committee, Solving the SEND crisis (HC 452).

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Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
773 cc115-121 
Session
2024-26
Department
Education Committee
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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Proceeding contributions
Caroline Nokes | 773 c182 (Link to this contribution)

We now come to the Select Committee statement on behalf of the Education Committee. Before I call...

Helen Hayes | 773 cc182-117 (Link to this contribution)

As Chair of the Education Committee, I am pleased to present to the House our fifth report of thi...

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Caroline Nokes | 773 c117 (Link to this contribution)

Order. It is usual to run Select Committee statements for only 20 minutes. Members can see that m...

Edward Argar | 773 c117 (Link to this contribution)

I am grateful to the hon. Lady and her Committee for a detailed and important report on a subject...

Helen Hayes | 773 c118 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the right hon. Member for his question, which is an important one. The evidence we saw in...

Daniel Francis | 773 c118 (Link to this contribution)

For the record, my wife is employed as a local authority SENCO. In my local authority, the London...

Helen Hayes | 773 c118 (Link to this contribution)

I know that my hon. Friend has extensive experience of this area, not least through his own famil...

Chris Coghlan | 773 c118 (Link to this contribution)

There is a 12-year-old child in Dorking who is autistic and has had two suicide attempts, the mos...

Helen Hayes | 773 c119 (Link to this contribution)

The hon. Member raises a devastating case, which is sadly not a unique example across the country...

Lee Barron | 773 c119 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for the report—we agree with the recommendations that h...

Helen Hayes | 773 c119 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for his question. It was a real pleasure to meet some of his constituents ...

Caroline Voaden | 773 c119 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the Chair of the Select Committee for her statement. As part of the evidence we gathered,...

Caroline Nokes | 773 c119 (Link to this contribution)

Order. I made the point earlier that in order to get as many Members in as possible, we have to h...

Helen Hayes | 773 c120 (Link to this contribution)

I thank the hon. Member for her question, for her participation in this inquiry and for the contr...

Jess Asato | 773 c120 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for her statement. Does she agree that improving ordinarily available prov...

Helen Hayes | 773 c120 (Link to this contribution)

I thank my hon. Friend for her question and for her contribution to this report as a member of th...

Claire Young | 773 c120 (Link to this contribution)

One of the key findings of the report is that there needs to be a clear definition of what an inc...

Helen Hayes | 773 c120 (Link to this contribution)

This is why we are concerned that there should be a definition of inclusive education applying ac...

Dave Robertson | 773 c121 (Link to this contribution)

I started my teacher training in 2008, and I continued to work as a teacher and to be a teacher t...

Helen Hayes | 773 c121 (Link to this contribution)

My hon. Friend is right. As we made clear in our report, there are pockets of very good delivery—...

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