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Baroness Smith of Malvern (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 November 2025

Debate

Dyscalculia

Contribution

I have just faced two questions that suggest I am avoiding the difficulties that might occur with labelling. I fall somewhere between these two points: I think it is important to be able to identify as early as possible children who have difficulties with maths, but it should not be necessary to name that or to get a formal diagnosis to make sure that the support the Government are putting in place, some of which I have already described, is available for that child as quickly as possible.

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