ALT Evidence session. Realising potential: Delivering the Child Poverty Strategy. Education Committee. Work and Pensions Committee.

ALT Evidence session. Historical forced adoption. Education Committee.

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ALT Text that reads: Solving the SEND crisis. The Government has announced major reform to special educational needs and disability provision. We must ensure this does not take away support from those already receiving it. Education Committee.

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ALT An illustration of a young person sat on a bed, their face covered by their arms, holding a phone. Text that reads: How well are children being supported with their mental health? Education Committee Health and Social Care Committee

ALT An illustration of a young person wearing a jumper. Text that reads: We want to know What is driving increasing rates of poor mental health among children and young people? How effectively are services provided in education, community and health settings responding to need? Is there evidence that the push towards early intervention reduces demand on acute/specialist services later on? Share your views

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ALT An image of Committee Chair, Helen Hayes MP, with text that reads 'The Government has taken significant action to remove and remediate RAAC from England’s schools, but the RAAC crisis has come with a cost for the teachers, parents and most importantly pupils who have suffered serious disruption as a result.'

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ALT An image of a father and daughter reading a children's book with text that reads, 'Reading for pleasure. Watch live on YouTube.'

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ALT Image 2/2 An image with a child holding a bear with text that reads '1 in 3 children - 4.5 million - in the UK are below the poverty line. Scrapping the two-child limit is expected to lift around 450,000 out of poverty by 2029 according to Government estimates. However, roughly 4 million will continue to suffer hardship.'

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ALT A picture of Committee Chair, Helen Hayes MP, and a quote from her that reads: “Hundreds of individuals and organisations – including parents of children and young people with SEND – gave their valuable time and energy to engage with our inquiry. The SEND policy community also voiced their strong support for our 95 recommendations which the Government received nearly three months ago.”

ALT Text that reads: We urge the Government to look carefully at our recommendations and the strong foundation of evidence they are based on as well as the broad consensus of support they have attracted. We expect the Government to provide a much more detailed response to our recommendations early in the New Year. Education Committee.

ALT Text that reads: Solving the SEND crisis. The Government had responded to our report. Education Committee

ALT Text the reads: The Government is now consulting on several of the recommendations made in our report on the SEND crisis, including a national SEND framework, centres of excellence and an independent advocate. However, it is important that the Government respects and reflects the extensive input from individuals and organisations into this report, as well as the hard work of the Committee, by providing a detailed response. What we have received does not reflect that.

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ALT A letter from Chair Helen Hayes MP to Bridget Phillipson MP. The Education Committee has published a letter to the Secretary of State for Education asking for more detail about the Department for Education’s work on developing its SEND reforms. It comes after Bridget Phillipson wrote to the Committee announcing a delay to the Schools White Paper, which will contain the Government’s forthcoming SEND reforms. The new letter, from Committee Chair Helen Hayes MP, requests further detail about the “co-creation” process that Bridget Phillipson says will be adopted in preparing the SEND reforms. It also welcomes to the delay to the Schools White Paper, now timetabled for January 2026, as an opportunity for the Department to take time to reflect on the Committee’s conclusions and recommendations. Full letter: https://committees.parliament.uk/publications/50153/documents/270623/default/

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ALT An image of Chair, Helen Hayes, with text that reads, "The Government is working to deliver education reform through a range of different mechanisms and timescales... It is important that the Government establishes a clear overall vision for education and that all of the different components of reform, including the Curriculum and Assessment Review, work coherently together. Helen Hayes MP, Chair"

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ALT A quote from the Education Committee Chair, Helen Hayes MP. "Ministers will know that this is only a temporary fix until the Government brings forward desperately needed, long-term reforms to the SEND system. The Government should not delay a permanent resolution to local authorities’ long term SEND deficits beyond 2028 and it must work to devise a solution that helps councils to achieve long term financial sustainability and does not damage their finances further."

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