Backbench Business - World Autism Awareness Weekbackbench Business

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 1:04 pm on 28 April 2016.

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Photo of Karen Buck Karen Buck Labour, Westminster North 1:04, 28 April 2016

In common with other speakers, my hon. Friend is making a very powerful speech about awareness and understanding. Does he agree—I thought his remarks were leading towards this—that we also need to translate such awareness into some hard practical action on service delivery, and that this applies whether it be about education or housing? My hon. Friend, like others, has been dealing with parents of autistic children who are forced to share rooms or to live in 10th or higher storeys in tower blocks because housing policy does not reflect the needs of autistic children. We need to build on greater awareness, but also to resource it and turn it into some practical action that will really assist people.