Proceeding contribution from Graham Stuart (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Monday, 11 January 2010. It occurred during Debate on bill on Children, Schools and Families Bill.

Children, Schools and Families Bill

I wonder whether my hon. Friend finds it bizarre, as I do, that this Bill, unlike any piece of legislation to deal with children going back to 1989, fails to make the interests of the child paramount in any consideration. Instead, the Bill considers any administrative failures on the part of parents as being an open and shut case for the revocation of home education, regardless of the interests of the child, and that is simply wrong.

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Type: Proceeding contribution
Reference: 503 c458
Session: 2009-10
Chamber / Committee: House of Commons chamber
Subjects: Education Disclosure of information Accountability Curriculum Charities Capital investment Classroom assistants Autism Finance Licensing Family courts Home education Dyslexia Parents Local education authorities Punishment Pupils Monitoring Primary education Standards Teaching methods Safety Personal, social, health and economic education Registration Schools Teachers Special educational needs Training Young offenders Youth justice Basic skills Local safeguarding children boards Academies
Legislation: Children, Schools and Families Bill 2009-10
Link: View this Proceeding contribution on www.publications.parliament.uk

Children, Schools and Families Bill

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