Tom Hayes

Tom Hayes

Labour — Bournemouth East

Speaking in the House of Commons on 16 July 2025

Debate

Giving Every Child the Best Start in Life

Contribution

When I talk with parents and guardians in Bournemouth East, they described the EHCP process as being adversarial and almost designed to exclude. They want a greater role earlier on in the design of their child’s EHCP. Does the Minister agree that that is an important thing that we should be seeking to achieve? Would she also agree that, as we take forward SEND reform, it is important to have families at the heart of that process?

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