Chair Olivia Blake MP Vice chair Sally-Ann Hart MP Vice chair Emma Hardy MP Secretariat provided by NAHT www.naht.org.uk/appgsend [email protected] @appg_send Annual General Meeting of the APPG for SEND Tuesday 24 March 2021, 4pm – 5pm Summary of meeting Parliamentarians in attendance Olivia Blake (Chair) Labour Sheffield Hallam Andy McDonald Labour Middlesbrough Barbara Keeley Labour Worsley and Eccles South Emma Hardy Labour Hull West and Hessle James Daly Conservative Bury North James Sunderland Conservative Bracknell John McDonnell Labour Hayes and Harlington Kate Osborne Labour Jarrow Marsha de Cordova Labour Battersea Mary Foy Labour City of Durham Rachael Maskell Labour York Central Rachel Hopkins Labour Co-operative Luton South Rob Butler Conservative Aylesbury Sally-Ann Hart Conservative Hastings and Rye Sharon Hodgson Labour Washington and Sunderland West Vicky Ford (speaker) Conservative Minister for Children and Families APPG AGM The officers of the APPG were elected as follows: Chair ` Olivia Blake MP Labour Vice Chair Sally-Ann Hart MP Conservative Vice Chair Emma Hardy MP Labour Officer Rob Butler MP Conservative Officer James Daly MP Conservative Officer Marsha de Cordova MP Labour Officer Jack Dromey MP Labour Officer Tim Farron MP Liberal Democrat Officer Julian Sturdy MP Conservative Officer James Sunderland MP Conservative Officer Sharon Hodgson MP Labour Officer Barbara Keeley MP Labour Officer Rachel Hopkins MP Labour Officer Kate Osborne MP Labour 1 Secretariat provided by Chair Olivia Blake MP Vice chair Sally-Ann Hart MP Vice chair Emma Hardy MP Secretariat provided by NAHT www.naht.org.uk/appgsend [email protected] @appg_send The statement of income and expenditure was approved by the group. This can be viewed on the APPG for SEND website: www.naht.org.uk/appgsend. NAHT was reappointed as secretariat for the group for 2021-22. Speaker: Minister for Children and Families, Vicky Ford MP The group were pleased to welcome Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Vicky Ford MP, as the Minister with responsibility for SEND. The Minister spoke about work done by the government over the past year to support young people with SEND and their families. She referenced the APPG’s report which was presented at this meeting. This was followed by questions from members of the group. Presentation: APPG for SEND’s Report Spring 2021 Rob Kelsall, NAHT National Secretary and Secretariat for the group, presented the APPG’s Spring 2021 report entitled “Forgotten. Left-behind. Overlooked. The experiences of young people with SEND and their educational transitions during the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020”. The report is available to read on the APPG for SEND website: www.naht.org.uk/appgsend. This was followed by comments from members of the group. Speakers: Carly Blake (she/her), a young person with Cerebral Palsy and Learning difficulties Jimmy Langton (he/him), a young person with Quadriplegic Cerebral Palsy Carly and Jimmy returned to speak to the APPG for SEND following their contributions during an oral evidence session in October. They provided the group with an updated since they last spoke and what their hopes were for the future. The Chair closed the meeting at 5pm. 2 Secretariat provided by .