Proceeding contribution from Daniel Francis (Labour) in the House of Commons on Monday, 13 October 2025. It occurred during Backbench debate and Select Committee statement on Special Educational Needs and Disabilities.

Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

For the record, my wife is employed as a local authority SENCO. In my local authority, the London borough of Bexley, we have not only a safety valve but an Ofsted judgment of systemic failings, one of which was around health services. From having rewritten my own daughter’s EHCP on three occasions to make sure it is legally compliant, and from my constituents, I know of those real issues with health provision. Paragraphs 289 and 290 of the report contain recommendations about the involvement of health services in EHCPs and in SEND provision. Could my hon. Friend elaborate on those recommendations and what we can do to make that provision fit for purpose?

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 773 c118
Session: 2024-26
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
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Special Educational Needs and Disabilities

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