I thank my hon. Friend for that intervention and I shall return to that point in my conclusion.
It is important that the Bill should move to Committee. There are a lot of questions—I have a long list here, which I will not go through because of the time available—and we need assurances about what the regulations will do. We need to know who will be included and whether children and young people with Asperger's syndrome will definitively be included on registers. There are many questions to ask and they need to be tackled in detail in Committee. The Bill is about ensuring that we improve the outcomes for millions of individuals and families, because without the right support we know that they suffer profound and devastating effects.
We must approach the issue across society. I agree wholeheartedly about the need to involve Jobcentre Plus and the need to give all the advisers special training. The Liberal Democrats support the Second Reading of this Bill and we want to have further discussions in Committee.
Autism Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Annette Brooke
(Liberal Democrat)
in the House of Commons on Friday, 27 February 2009.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Autism Bill.
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