Education Bill

We can talk about those qualitative issues when we discuss the quantitative ones in the meeting that I just offered. I am happy to do that. On assessment, the hon. Lady referred to the special educational needs Green Paper, which states clearly in paragraph 3.55:"““We know that there is a group of children with SEN who are currently excluded on multiple occasions on a fixed-term basis, and there may be other excluded pupils whose SEN have not yet been identified.””" That paragraph also states:"““we will recommend in exclusion guidance that children are assessed through an effective multi-agency assessment for any underlying causal factors. We will suggest that schools trigger this assessment in instances in which a pupil displays poor behaviour that does not improve despite effective behaviour management by the school.””" I quoted that in Committee and I quote it again today, to show that it is the Government's intention to ensure that those assessments take place. I think people have heard enough of me—