First, let me thank the Minister for his comprehensive response, but also for how his Department has helpfully answered the many questions that my office has put through to him. I also thank him for his candidness at the Dispatch Box, and I look forward to hearing a lot of the detail following the questions from Members from all parts of the House.

I will make reference in a quick speed-dating way to many of the comments that Members have made. I thank my hon. Friend Helen Hayes for her expertise and comments, particularly on SEND provision. I thank Siân Berry for raising awareness of the success that she and campaigners have had in her Constituency. As a fellow former county councillor, I, like John Milne, understand the challenges that county councils face, particularly in rural areas, and I understand his frustration. I thank my hon. Friend Sojan Joseph for his focus on early Intervention, and I support his viewpoint that cross-Government working is vital to making progress on this issue.

I thank my hon. Friend Leigh Ingham for her intervention. I am sad to hear about students being told to unroll from school because provision is not available. That is simply not acceptable. I thank my hon. Friend Dan Aldridge for his excellent and heartfelt comments about representing his residents, and also for his timely comments about the work of teachers in our schools.

I thank the Liberal Democrat spokesperson, Munira Wilson. She has a long history on this subject, and I have read many of her contributions over the past two weeks. I know that she is fully committed to this cause. I thank the Conservative spokesperson, Dr Johnson for her thoughtful comments and for her expertise in the area in which she worked prior to coming to this place.

Finally, we have been talking in this debate about the life chances of our children. We have made so much progress in bringing discussions about mental health to the fore, and we know the difference that early intervention can make. It is okay not to be okay, and we have made progress with people feeling that they can say that, but it will not be okay if we do not make progress to support children in the long run by the time this Parliament is over.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this House
has considered mental health support in educational settings.