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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 07/09/2026

🧵🧵 2/2 Furthermore, Baroness Rock invited the Minister to meet her, together with representatives of leading autism charities, to discuss the autism strategy.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 07/09/2026

🧵 1/2 Baroness Rock, ex-Chair of the Autism Act 2009 Committee wrote 🖊️ to the Minister for Social Care @allymcgovern.bsky.social urging the Government to bring forward a new autism strategy before 2026 is over. Read the letter ✉️ here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Correspondence - Committees - UK Parliament

Correspondence publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/06/2026

Due to changes to planned business in the House of Lords today, the debate on the Committee’s report should now start at about 4:40pm. Watch it live www.parliamentlive.tv/Event/Index/... Read the Hansard transcript after the debate hansard.parliament.uk/lords

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/06/2026

🧵[4] See what our chair Baroness Rock said, when the report was published at the end of last year. ⬇️ www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOqP...

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Autism Act 2009: new strategy must deliver change for autistic people

YouTube video by House of Lords

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/06/2026

🧵[3] Find out about attending the debate in person: www.parliament.uk/visiting/vis... Arrive early to pass through security and gain access to the public gallery. Access depends on capacity, so can’t be guaranteed. The debate can also be viewed live or on demand: parliamentlive.tv/Commons

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/06/2026

🧵[2] In the debate, HoL members will question the Minister about delivering the new strategy, and the Minister will respond. See which members have signed up to take part so far: www.lordswhips.org.uk/speakers-lis... The debate will start at about 15:50 and last about 2.5 hours.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/06/2026

🧵[1] On Wednesday 10 June, the House of Lords (HoL) will debate the Autism Act 2009 Committee's report. The Committee recommended that the Government urgently deliver the new autism strategy, so it’s ready to launch when the current one expires in July 2026.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 23/01/2026

🧵[4] In the coming months, a debate about the report in the House of Lords is expected. In the debate, members of the Lords can question a Government minister about the response. Post to be published here when the debate is announced.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 23/01/2026

🧵[3] … We will draw on the totality of evidence and, where needed, engage with stakeholders and people with lived experience to build on the committee’s suggestions."

Screenshot of the Government's response to the recommendations made by the House of Lords Committee on Autism Act 2009

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 23/01/2026

🧵[2] The Government response says: "We welcome the large amount of evidence gathered by the committee as well as the work it has done to ensure that autistic people, and those that support them, were able to participate in the development of its report...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/12/2025

We completed our work as of report publication on 23 November, and the Committee has formally ceased to exist. This means the Committee will not have any more meetings and can’t do any follow-up work.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/12/2025

HM Government must publish a written response to our report. This is meant to happen within 2 months. The response is to be published on the Committee’s parliamentary website. Afterwards, the Chair is expected to lead a debate on the report in the House of Lords.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/12/2025

Our report out 23 November calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the: - Full report - Easy Read report (including accessible version) - Report summary, conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand story

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 24/11/2025

🚨 ♾ Our report out yesterday calls on HM Government to deliver an effective new autism strategy. Open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to view the following: - Full report - Easy Read report - Report summary with conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand

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New autism strategy must deliver change for autistic people - Committees - UK Parliament

This is the key conclusion reached by the House of Lords special inquiry committee on the Autism Act 2009 in its report ‘Time to deliver: The Autism Act 2009 and the new autism strategy’.&...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 19/11/2025

REMINDER: Our report shall be published on Sunday 23 November. From this date, open this link committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... to access the following: - Full report - Report summary with the list of conclusions and recommendations - Shorthand (shorter summary of our report's key points)

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - News - Committees - UK Parliament

News for Autism Act 2009 Committee

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 14/11/2025

🧵 [5/5] Now that our report has been agreed, the Committee’s work has finished. Find out more about the Committee and our inquiry here: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Summary - Committees - UK Parliament

Summary for Autism Act 2009 Committee

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 14/11/2025

🧵 [4/5] In our inquiry, we examined how well the Autism Act and government autism strategies have been working. We spoke to dozens of autistic people and their allies from from this country and took written evidence from hundreds more.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 14/11/2025

🧵 [3/5] The UK Government must publish a response to our recommendations. This is meant to happen within 2 months. Their response should be published on the Committee's Parliamentary website. Following the above, there will hopefully be a debate about the Committee’s report in the House of Lords.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 14/11/2025

🧵 [2/5] Our report makes recommendations about what the Government next needs to do to deliver for autistic people. The Government has committed to use our recommendations to inform the new autism strategy for launch in 2026.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 14/11/2025

🧵 [1/5] We have recently agreed our report on the Autism Act 2009. The report shall be published on Sunday 23 November.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 22/10/2025

🧵 [3/3] You can watch the full evidence session here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... You can read the full transcript here: committees.parliament.uk/event/23470/...

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 22/10/2025

🧵 [2/3] "Just because someone is diagnosed—newly or otherwise—does not mean that they will know what support they will need. I am someone who had support in school and university. Translating that experience into what I needed in employment was tricky. It is the same for other autistic people."

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 22/10/2025

🧵 [1/3] This week, we continue to look back on the evidence we heard in the spring. In March, we heard from Leo Capella, Training Consultant (Employment Specialist) at The National Autistic Society. He revealed the following to us... (continue onto next post).

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 19/09/2025

🧵[3/3] The transcript 📜 of our committee's 17 March evidence session can be read via the link here: committees.parliament.uk/event/23470/...

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17 March 2025 - Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

14:30 - Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 19/09/2025

🧵[2/3] To hear 👂 more of what Marsha and her fellow witnesses expressed to our committee, watch the entire 17 March evidence session on-demand ⏯️ here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... .

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17 March 2025 - Autism Act 2009 - Oral evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

14:30 - Room 2A, Palace of Westminster

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 19/09/2025

🧵[1/3] On 17 March 2025, we heard from Marsha Martin, founder of Black SEN Mamas. Marsha warned us: ‘’Without access to proper care, black autistic people are left to navigate life with untreated conditions, worsening health and a poor quality of life overall.’’

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 15/09/2025

🧵[2] In March, we heard from Zaynab (Zeze) Sohawon, founder of Emotion Dysregulation in Autism. Zeze told us: "I racked up just over £1 million for my NHS trust to spend on me being in a mental health unit that was not actually helping me very much"

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 15/09/2025

🧵[1] In the coming weeks, the Committee shall consider and agree its final report. During this period, we shall be looking back at the valuable evidence we heard in the spring and summer from autistic people and their supporters. We plan to post some clips from the evidence we heard here.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/09/2025

🧵[3] The written evidence we've received should be carefully considered and used to help inform the Committee’s report.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/09/2025

🧵[2] We received over 360 submissions to our inquiry from people and organisations, including: ⭐ autistic individuals, family members and carers ⭐ professionals who work with autistic people ⭐ charities and support services ⭐ academics ⭐ local authorities and NHS bodies.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 02/09/2025

🧵[1] We’ve published the written evidence we received for our inquiry. These submissions can be found via the link here: lnkd.in/euSNk6b3 . Thank you to everyone who submitted their own evidence or helped others to contribute.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/07/2025

🧵[5/5] • a visit to Care Trade's employment scheme for autistic people at St Thomas' Hospital in Lambeth • a visit to Phoenix School, a special school for autistic children and young people in Tower Hamlets

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/07/2025

🧵[4/5] • meetings with experts by experience and NHS and local authority professionals to discuss co-production and how to improve services for autistic people (facilitated by @NDTi)

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/07/2025

🧵[3/5] • a meeting with Autistic Champions, a group of autistic adults working with the House of Commons to help make Parliament more accessible • a meeting with autistic young people + parents to discuss education access and transitions to adulthood (facilitated by @ambitiousautism.bsky.social)

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/07/2025

🧵[2/5] These summary notes span 4 meetings and 2 visits. Thank you to those who spoke to us and who helped us arrange these. Your evidence will help inform the Committee's report. The next three posts briefly detail what each note covers.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 21/07/2025

🧵[1/5] Since April 2025, the Committee has held private discussions with dozens of autistic people alongside their supporter and advocates. The Committee has published summary notes of these discussion which can be read via the link below: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... .

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/07/2025

🧵[4/4] The Chair continued: “We hope to publish the written evidence on our committee website by the time the House returns from the Summer Recess on 1 September.” committees.parliament.uk/committee/77... The Committee plans to publish its report to the UK Government by 30 November 2025.

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Written evidence submission publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/07/2025

🧵[3/4] The Chair💬 said: “You have all shared with us powerful evidence that has left a very deep impression on all our members, and we are hugely indebted to you all.” “The volume of written evidence that the committee has received is unprecedentedly large for a House of Lords committee.”

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/07/2025

🧵[2/4] The Chair thanked: ♾️ nearly 70 witnesses who have given oral evidence ♾️ about 400 individuals and organisations who have sent written evidence ♾️ dozens of autistic people and their allies who the Committee spoke to in private, including on visits to St Thomas’ Hospital and Phoenix School.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 10/07/2025

🧵[1/4] At the end of the final public evidence session on 7 July, Committee Chair Baroness Rock thanked everyone who contributed to the inquiry and shared an update on when written evidence should be published.

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/07/2025

🧵[3] Watch the meeting live or on-demand here: parliamentlive.tv/event/index/... Find out how to attend in person here: committees.parliament.uk/publications... We have booked Committee Room 3a as a quiet room for any member of the public wishing to take a break due to sensory overload.

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Autism Act 2009 Committee

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House of Lords Autism Act 2009 Committee @hlautismactcom.parliament.uk · 04/07/2025

🧵[1] On 7 July, we hold our final evidence session with national autism charities to reflect on the evidence we've heard, in particular on 30 June from central government. Read written responses to our inquiry from these autism charities via the link: committees.parliament.uk/committee/77...

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Autism Act 2009 Committee - Written evidence - Committees - UK Parliament

Written evidence submission publications for Autism Act 2009 Committee.

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