Oral QuestionMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

“What steps he is taking to help high streets recover from the covid-19 outbreak.”

Tabled: 8 June 2021Answered: 14 June 2021

Answering Minister

the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government

Answer from Hansard

The Prime Minister

The hon. Lady will be pleased to know that I have been to Berkhamsted a number of times, as we have very good friends who live there. I pay tribute to the work of the Swan Youth Project; too many young people—she cited some of them—are struggling with mental health and not receiving the support they need. That is why we will recruit an additional 8,500 mental health workers and are introducing long-overdue reforms to the Mental Health Act 1983. That is happening today. We will put more money into SEND, but we also need to look at reforming SEND, which I think and hope will be supported across the House. I will ensure that she gets a meeting with the relevant Ministers about that.