Written question asked by Elizabeth Peacock (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 21 January 1997. It was answered by Cheryl Gillan (Conservative) on Tuesday, 21 January 1997 on behalf of the Department for Education and Employment.

Dept for Education and Employment

Question: For what reasons the concept of marriage was not included in the main body of the report arising from the consultation exercise on the National Forum for Values in Education and the Community conducted by SCAA.

Answer: Mrs. Peacock: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Employment for what reasons the concept of marriage was not included in the main body of the report arising from the consultation exercise on the national forum for values in education and the community conducted by SCAA. [11560] Mrs. Gillan: The consultation document set out the draft statement of values agreed by the vast majority of Forum members and also quoted a more tightly drawn reference to family values, preferred by five forum members, which made specific reference to marriage. Marriage is mentioned several times in MORI's consolidated report on the consultation, discussed by the forum at its meetings on 6 January. The forum approved, with slight amendment, a revised reference to the family in the draft values statement which gives greater prominence to marriage.

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