James Sunderland welcomes the Government’s efforts to improve outcomes for children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities or in alternative provision and funding for a new SEND school in Bracknell in particular, but highlights the importance of diagnosis and the need to improve the Child And Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS).
James Sunderland asks the Government about its plans to incentivise the over-50s who retired during the pandemic back into work, and to help those who have left the uniformed services and are looking for a second career.
James Sunderland praises the work of the 12 Veterans Advisory and Pensions Committees (VAPCs) who support and advocate for veterans and their families, backs the Bill which would put them on a statutory footing and suggests that the VAPCs would be the ideal body to provide independent oversight to Veterans UK.
James Sunderland welcomes the Government’s policy shift from mandatory housing targets to advisory targets and praises Bracknell as a pioneer in brownfield development to protect the green belt, leisure spaces and farmland.
