I will be responding to the official Govt consultation when they launch it in the coming months.

I will continue to advocate for SEND children and parents in Parliament. I am feeding in experience of families in Waveney Valley to help inform the policy review the Govt is currently doing.

While some children receive the help they need, many others do not, and it is a tragedy that so many children with additional needs are being left behind, too many without appropriate school places or support. This must be address by the Government's forthcoming review.

They all shared how vital this support has been, and how difficult things become once children become too old to use the service. It's heartbreaking hearing how hard it is for families to get their children’s needs recognised.

For families who often can't use any other childcare or play services, this support is absolutely invaluable. It was incredibly powerful to speak with parents of children who have used Eye Opportunities.

Over the past decade, Heat Trust has been key to the growth of this sector by championing high standards & helping ensure heat networks are fit for the future across England, Wales and Scotland.

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The idea that animal testing labs constitute critical national infrastructure is simply absurd. Private labs are not the same as power stations, and treating them as such is an unjustified and dangerous overreach.

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It would simply restore the level of environmental accountability that existed before Brexit. Without these powers, the OEP risks becoming a watchdog that can bark but cannot bite, while environmental targets remain unmet and nature continues to decline.

If the Govt is serious about its climate and biodiversity commitments, it must give the OEP real teeth, including the power to sanction and fine Government departments and local authorities that fail to meet legally binding targets. This would not be an overreach.

Leaving little realistic chance of stopping the decline of iconic British species such as the hedgehog & red squirrel by 2030. The Govt must recognise that halting & reversing the decline of nature is central to our wellbeing and to food security as well as a healthy environment.

The report shows that the majority of the ten environmental targets set out in the Environment Act 2021 have little to no chance of being met by 2030.

Rather than stepping up action, the Govt is actively advancing policies that will further damage it,