Member

I am not giving a categorical promise that they will all be in there, but I will give a promise to go back to the department and make sure that, in thinking about the best start in life strategy, my colleagues are very much thinking about the suggestions we have heard here this evening, whether that is the significance of the Roots of Empathy work that my noble friend Lady Thornton talked about; the need for special educational needs and early assessment that the noble Baroness, Lady Bull, talked about; the focus on early years physical activity of all different sorts that the noble Lord, Lord Moynihan, raised; or the point about vaccinations that the noble Lord, Lord Meston, talked about. It is important that this strategy is broad and cross-cutting. I assure noble Lords that we are working very closely with the Department of Health in developing all elements of the opportunity mission and this best start in life strategy.