🗣️ Speeches and Debates
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To ask His Majesty’s Government what new initiatives they have introduced in the past year to reduce the level of unemployment of people with autism.
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My Lords, I beg leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, and declare my interest as a vice-president of the National Autistic Society.
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I welcome my noble friend’s response, but can I suggest an initiative that will help more autistic people into work? Businesses across the country are employing autistic people, but if we are to get more than three in 10 autistic people into work, we need to do more. Will my noble friend consider a mentoring scheme whereby those who have employed autistic people can sign up to help others...
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My Lords, I begin by declaring an interest: I am a vice-president of the National Autistic Society, an honour I share with my friend, the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. More than that, I thank the noble Baroness for her work in persuading the Liaison Committee to agree to set up this committee of inquiry in the first place. She and I started out working together on that, but when I was...
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My Lords, I am sure I am not alone in thinking that the contributions of the two noble Lords in their maiden speeches today have enriched this House, and I look forward to their contributions in the future. I declare my interest as a vice-president of the National Autistic Society, an honour I share with my friend the noble Baroness, Lady Browning. A while ago I visited an autistic unit in a...
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To ask His Majesty’s Government when the operation of the Access to Work fund was last reviewed.
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My Lords, in begging leave to ask the Question standing in my name on the Order Paper, I declare an interest as a vice-president of the National Autistic Society, an honour I share with my noble friend Lady Browning opposite.
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✍️ Written Questions and Answers
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that national price bands for independent school placements distinguish between profiteering and the legitimate costs of high-cost provision, including provision delivered by non-profit specialist schools.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to assess unmet needs among children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities as part of their planned reforms set out in their primary schools white paper, Every Child Achieving and Thriving, published on 23 February.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of local authority attempts to introduce banding frameworks for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure families are involved in the assessment of their children's needs and in the development of the children's individual support plans.
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To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have assessed the (1) number, and (2) availability, of trained professionals needed to meet the plan for Experts at Hand included in the schools white paper Every child achieving and thriving, published on 23 February.
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To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that there are legal mechanisms for parents to hold education providers accountable for implementing individual support plans effectively and appropriately.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 5 January (HL13210), whether in the past 20 years they have undertaken a study of the merits of the UK joining the European Development Bank; if so (1) when this was, and (2) whether a report of the study was laid before Parliament; and if not, why not.
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To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Chapman of Darlington on 17 December (HL12825), whether they have undertaken a study of the merits of the UK joining the European Development Bank; if so (1) when this was, and (2) whether a report of the study was laid before Parliament; and if not, why not.
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