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Will the Minister join me in paying tribute to three people?

May I begin by expressing how devastated I am that the hon. Member for Strangford (Jim Shannon) is not here to intervene on me?

Absolutely; I thank my hon. Friend and constituency neighbour for that intervention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the oral contribution from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of trends in absence rates of children with pathological demand

I understand the Minister’s point about not commenting on sanctions from the Front Bench, but could I urge him once again to communicate

The right hon. Gentleman makes an important point that we need to highlight.

I congratulate the hon. Member for Linlithgow and East Falkirk (Martyn Day) on securing this debate.

I am very grateful to my hon. Friend, my predecessor as chair of the all-party group, for that intervention. He is absolutely right.

As chair of the all-party parliamentary group on restorative justice, I am grateful to the Minister for giving way.