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Britain stands in stark contrast to many countries in continental Europe in these matters. For example, only a little while ago in Holland, there was one sixth the number of teenage pregnancies compared with Britain. Is my right hon. Friend looking into why those contrasts are so dramatic, and can we learn something from countries such as Holland that would serve to improve the situation in Britain?
Britain stands in stark contrast to many countries in continental Europe in these matters. For example, only a little while ago in Holland, there was one sixth the number of teenage pregnancies compared with Britain. Is my right hon. Friend looking into why those contrasts are so dramatic, and can we learn something from countries such as Holland that would serve to improve the situation in Britain?
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Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
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Department for Children, Schools and Families
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13 October 2008
Yes, indeed, I think that we can, and we have been looking at that quite closely. It is true that our relatively high teenage pregnancy rates in this country are long standing, and go back as far as records began, some 40 years ago. In making comparisons, a couple of factors might be associated with the different rates in different western countries. First, in Holland, there is much more acceptance by parents of the subject, and there is a freedom and lack of embarrassment among parents when talking to their children about sexual activity—much more so than here. Secondly, the quality and nature of the sex and relationship education in Dutch schools is something from which we can learn.
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Personal, social, health and economic education; Teenage pregnancy; Netherlands; Curriculum; Disadvantaged; Secondary education
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13 October 2008
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480 c521
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Given the reality that the constitution is as dead as the Monty Python parrot, would it not be better for Britain to propose a more sensible alternative—the idea that, in future, Europe should be an association of independent, democratic states responsible for their own internal affairs—[Hon. Members: ““Hear, hear.””]—co-operating only where there is mutual benefit to be gained?
Given the reality that the constitution is as dead as the Monty Python parrot, would it not be better for Britain to propose a more sensible alternative—the idea that, in future, Europe should be an association of independent, democratic states responsible for their own internal affairs—[Hon. Members: ““Hear, hear.””]—co-operating only where there is mutual benefit to be gained?
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Kelvin Hopkins
(Labour)
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Oral questions - Supplementary
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29 November 2005
I think that the cheers of Conservative Members reflect the candour with which my hon. Friend has revealed his true agenda, which underlies so many of the questions that he asks—not only in Foreign Office questions but in wider debates on the issue. It is, however, continually the case and remains the case that the draft constitutional treaty was agreed by 25 member states, so it is not the role of any one member state to declare it dead. That explains the unanimous decision that was reached back in June, which will be the basis of further conversations in the European Council next spring.
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European Constitution Treaty; EU countries; France; Referendums; Netherlands
Date
29 November 2005
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440 c122
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House of Commons