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Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 21 March 2018.

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Photo of Theresa May Theresa May The Prime Minister, Leader of the Conservative Party 12:00, 21 March 2018

The hon. Gentleman has raised a very important issue. We welcome the report, and the Department for Education is going to be considering it carefully. We do not want to see any child held back from achieving their potential, and that includes ensuring that children with speech, language and communication needs are given the support they need. There has been particular training for teachers to support children who require additional help to communicate, and we will be introducing the education, health and care plans to make sure that children with additional needs receive the right support to succeed in school in the future, but we will look very carefully at what the report has said and obviously respond to it in due course.