<p>The School Organisation Code</p>

Part of 1. 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education – in the Senedd at 2:08 pm on 2 November 2016.

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Photo of Bethan Sayed Bethan Sayed Plaid Cymru 2:08, 2 November 2016

Obviously, the special educational needs code is currently, as it stands, being considered as part of the school organisation code. While reading it, it was clear to me that it says that children should have their needs met, that the views of children should be sought and taken into account and that the parental role is vital. If we bring you back to the debate that we had on the autism Bill last week, when I met with people from my region, it was very clear to me that the parents or the children didn’t feel that they had been considered in many of these discussions. So, I wonder, when you are minded to talk to organisations like the National Autistic Society, whether you will be looking at this code in relation to amending it so that parents and children can be heard more effectively, so that they don’t come to us with stories whereby some children are not actually going to school at all at the moment because the provision simply is not there for them.