. >> my constituents, ben oldroyd and matthew carr, are autistic and have asperger's syndrome.they have asked for my help because they want to visit schools in the selby district to speak to pupils and staff and give them their experience of living with autism and the challenges that they face with that condition. they have already received praise from the head of brayton high school. does my right honorable friend agree that such an initiative could be extremely good news for schools and the teaching profession? >> i thank my honorable friend for his question, which raises an important point. we made good steps during the last parliament, with the autism bill promoted by the now secretary of state for wales, my right honorable friend the member for chesham and amersham, but there is a huge amount that can be done by people themselves to get a greater understanding of autism and asperger's, not least because there is such a huge spectrum and such a big difference between the children suffering from those conditions. i am sure the work to which my honorable friend refers is extr