Speech Therapy Services (Children)

I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and agree entirely. Our speech and language therapists are a much underused resource, and as time moves on they will be in much more demand. A report shortly to be published by the International Longevity Centre will tell us how, with the growing incidence of Alzheimer's and the difficulties that adults with communication problems will face, the pressure on speech and language therapists will increase far more.