Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Children, Schools and Families – in the House of Commons at 2:30 pm on 30 November 2009.
Sir David Amess
Conservative, Southend West
2:30,
30 November 2009
What the Minister has said is splendid, but the reality of the situation is that more and more of our children are being excluded from school because of behavioural problems and Government targets. What is the Government's strategy for dealing with those children who, in reality, have behavioural problems?
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