Westminster Hall adjournment debate on speech therapy services for children.
Speech Therapy Services (Children)
Adjournment debate on Wednesday, 3 November 2010,
in the House of Commons,
led by Paul Maynard.
The answering
member was Sarah Teather.
Type
Parliamentary proceeding
Reference
517 c261-84WH 
Session
2010-12
Chamber / Committee
Westminster Hall
Proceeding contributions
Speaker | 517 c269WH (Link to this contribution)
We have 14 minutes until wind-ups begin, and six colleagues are trying to catch my eye, so contribut...
Pat Glass | 517 c268-9WH (Link to this contribution)
I absolutely agree, and I can go on from that.
The National Autistic Society has identified that 70...
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Annette Brooke | 517 c269-71WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I apologise that I will have to leav...
Paul Maynard | 517 c263WH (Link to this contribution)
I agree entirely. The hon. Gentleman has anticipated my next point. Speech and language therapists a...
Jim Shannon | 517 c263-4WH (Link to this contribution)
Just this last year, I witnessed what I can only describe as the transformation of a young boy from ...
Paul Maynard | 517 c264-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention. I agree entirely. That is why we say continually th...
Alun Cairns | 517 c265-6WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend on securing the debate and on the contribution that he is making. He r...
Pat Glass | 517 c266-8WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) on securing this imp...
Nick Smith | 517 c268WH (Link to this contribution)
Is it not astonishing that 70% of people in our criminal justice system have a communication disabil...
Sarah Teather | 517 c284WH (Link to this contribution)
On that subject, my Department is considering the best way to secure support for children who requir...
Andrew Smith | 517 c284WH (Link to this contribution)
Will the Minister give way on ACE centres?
Sarah Teather | 517 c284WH (Link to this contribution)
Only three minutes remain, and people are already arriving for the next debate. I still have five pa...
Sarah Teather | 517 c283-4WH (Link to this contribution)
We need a mix; that is why I said that speech and language therapists can often offer good professio...
Alun Cairns | 517 c283WH (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful to the Minister for giving way. The shortage of speech and language therapists for man...
Sarah Teather | 517 c280WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) on securing the deba...
David Amess | 517 c280WH (Link to this contribution)
I think she is dead.
Sharon Hodgson | 517 c277-80WH (Link to this contribution)
I am delighted to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter, and to make my first contribution to a...
Andrew Smith | 517 c277WH (Link to this contribution)
Yes, I certainly endorse that, although I was not making a party political point, because the shift ...
Nick Smith | 517 c276-7WH (Link to this contribution)
I do not want to make a partisan point, but the previous Government showed great leadership on this ...
Andrew Smith | 517 c275-6WH (Link to this contribution)
I join other Members in warmly congratulating the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Pau...
David Amess | 517 c275WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) on how he ...
Lord Coaker | 517 c273-5WH (Link to this contribution)
I join other hon. Members in congratulating the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul ...
Rehman Chishti | 517 c273WH (Link to this contribution)
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Streeter. I congratulate my hon. Friend the Me...
Tom Clarke | 517 c271-3WH (Link to this contribution)
I join the tributes to the hon. Member for Blackpool North and Cleveleys (Paul Maynard) for his comp...
Sarah Teather | 517 c283WH (Link to this contribution)
I shall turn to commissioning in a moment. First, I want to say something about the school work forc...
Robert Buckland | 517 c282WH (Link to this contribution)
I am grateful that my hon. Friend made that point about health visitors. As we know, they carry out ...
Sarah Teather | 517 c282WH (Link to this contribution)
I shall give way first to my hon. Friend the Member for South Swindon (Mr Buckland).
Nick Smith | 517 c283WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the Minister for giving way. I thank her also for confirming that the Government will not ri...
Sarah Teather | 517 c282-3WH (Link to this contribution)
Health visitors are the key to picking up problems in the early years and making appropriate referra...
Sarah Teather | 517 c282WH (Link to this contribution)
The hon. Lady will be aware that the consultation closed just before the comprehensive spending revi...
Pat Glass | 517 c282WH (Link to this contribution)
The Minister spoke about early intervention, which has huge support. However, we are hearing fairly ...
Sarah Teather | 517 c280-1WH (Link to this contribution)
Perhaps she is listening from another place—if that is not to misuse parliamentary terminology.
I a...
Nick Smith | 517 c263WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. Does he agree that communication competenc...
Paul Maynard | 517 c262WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for his intervention and agree entirely. Our speech and language therapis...
Adrian Bailey | 517 c262WH (Link to this contribution)
I congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate. Unfortunately, I will have to leave before...
Paul Maynard | 517 c262-3WH (Link to this contribution)
I thank the hon. Gentleman for an interesting contribution, which highlights a problem that covers s...
David Simpson | 517 c262WH (Link to this contribution)
I, too, congratulate the hon. Gentleman on securing the debate, and I congratulate the work of speec...
Paul Maynard | 517 c261-2WH (Link to this contribution)
Thank you for calling me to speak in this important debate, Mr Streeter. It is important because of ...
Paul Maynard | 517 c266WH (Link to this contribution)
That is a very important statistic and I thank my hon. Friend for making his intervention. I hope th...
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