To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the policy of the Government on institutions charging higher prices for children from independent schools than for state schools for school visits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what is the policy of the Government on institutions charging higher prices for children from independent schools than for state schools for school visits.

Lords statement on Sir David Bell's review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England.

Lords statement on Sir David Bell's review into antisemitism in schools and colleges in England.

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement and Sir David Bell, his team and those who gave evidence, often at real personal cost. We on these Benches welcome the review and the Government’s acceptance of all 27 recommendations.

Every school day, British children are abused for being Jewish, in...

My Lords, I thank the Minister for the Statement and Sir David Bell, his team and those who gave evidence, often at real personal cost. We on these Benches welcome the review and the Government’s acceptance of all 27 recommendations.

Every school day, British children are abused for being Jewish, in...

My Lords, the findings of this review are deeply disturbing, with one in five students who responded to the survey reporting that they had witnessed antisemitism and three in five Jewish students saying they had experienced it. Behind these stats are young people who should be concentrating on their education,...

My Lords, the findings of this review are deeply disturbing, with one in five students who responded to the survey reporting that they had witnessed antisemitism and three in five Jewish students saying they had experienced it. Behind these stats are young people who should be concentrating on their education,...

My Lords, as both noble Lords have strongly identified, antisemitism is a scourge that has no place in modern Britain and in our schools and colleges. Yet Sir David Bell’s independent review makes it clear that it is a growing and increasingly normalised form of hatred, with too many Jewish...

My Lords, as both noble Lords have strongly identified, antisemitism is a scourge that has no place in modern Britain and in our schools and colleges. Yet Sir David Bell’s independent review makes it clear that it is a growing and increasingly normalised form of hatred, with too many Jewish...

My Lords, as the former chairman of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, I welcome the report with some degree of enthusiasm. Sir David has produced a very thoughtful report.

Does the Minister agree that, vital though it is to adopt the IHRA working definition, the greater challenge is to ensure that...

My Lords, as the former chairman of the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance, I welcome the report with some degree of enthusiasm. Sir David has produced a very thoughtful report.

Does the Minister agree that, vital though it is to adopt the IHRA working definition, the greater challenge is to ensure that...

I completely agree with the noble Lord. He is right. If anywhere should be enabling careful consideration and education it is our schools and colleges. That is why we are clear that they should not only adopt the definition but, in the way he has described, use it to support...

I completely agree with the noble Lord. He is right. If anywhere should be enabling careful consideration and education it is our schools and colleges. That is why we are clear that they should not only adopt the definition but, in the way he has described, use it to support...

My Lords, the report by Sir David Bell has finally brought to national attention the defects in Holocaust education as it exists today. The report says that antisemitism should be at the heart of it, yet this Government shamefully rejected an amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, and me...

My Lords, the report by Sir David Bell has finally brought to national attention the defects in Holocaust education as it exists today. The report says that antisemitism should be at the heart of it, yet this Government shamefully rejected an amendment from the noble Lord, Lord Verdirame, and me...

There is nothing niche about the responsibility for our schools to teach about the Holocaust. That is within the current national curriculum and will be retained in the future national curriculum. We are clear that education about Jewish life and Jewish people should not start and end with the Holocaust....

There is nothing niche about the responsibility for our schools to teach about the Holocaust. That is within the current national curriculum and will be retained in the future national curriculum. We are clear that education about Jewish life and Jewish people should not start and end with the Holocaust....

My Lords, we quite rightly never accuse Muslims or give them responsibility when an Islamic state hangs gay people from a crane in Iran or denies women their rights in Afghanistan, yet there seems to be something about a Jewish state doing something that people do not like that enables...

My Lords, we quite rightly never accuse Muslims or give them responsibility when an Islamic state hangs gay people from a crane in Iran or denies women their rights in Afghanistan, yet there seems to be something about a Jewish state doing something that people do not like that enables...

Just to be clear, I do not think it is fair to say that the vast majority of teachers are denying this report; nor are, in fact, the

vast majority of trade unions or their members. It is important to be clear about that. My noble friend is right to...

Just to be clear, I do not think it is fair to say that the vast majority of teachers are denying this report; nor are, in fact, the

vast majority of trade unions or their members. It is important to be clear about that. My noble friend is right to...

My Lords, Judaism is a religion, but Jewishness is a racial identity, as has long been recognised in UK law. As this report says, antisemitism needs to be treated like any other form of racism. Recently, however—within the last month, I think—the hate crime statistics were published, in which, if...

My Lords, Judaism is a religion, but Jewishness is a racial identity, as has long been recognised in UK law. As this report says, antisemitism needs to be treated like any other form of racism. Recently, however—within the last month, I think—the hate crime statistics were published, in which, if...

My Lords, I think the noble Baroness’s point is right, which is one of the reasons why my right honourable friend the Secretary of State will also be working with the Office for Equality and Opportunity to ensure that the issues identified in this report are taken forward across government.

My Lords, I think the noble Baroness’s point is right, which is one of the reasons why my right honourable friend the Secretary of State will also be working with the Office for Equality and Opportunity to ensure that the issues identified in this report are taken forward across government.

My Lords, we have seen the unintended consequences of removing direct curriculum scrutiny by Ofsted in 2005, and it is under the current Government that the partial reinstatement made in 2019 was once again removed. Can the Minister commit to reversing these decisions, which have made it too easy for...

My Lords, we have seen the unintended consequences of removing direct curriculum scrutiny by Ofsted in 2005, and it is under the current Government that the partial reinstatement made in 2019 was once again removed. Can the Minister commit to reversing these decisions, which have made it too easy for...

I am not sure that I quite agree with the noble Baroness about the chain of causation that she suggests in that question, but I have already been clear about the way in which we expect there to be accountability of teachers and representation of the issues in this report...

I am not sure that I quite agree with the noble Baroness about the chain of causation that she suggests in that question, but I have already been clear about the way in which we expect there to be accountability of teachers and representation of the issues in this report...

My Lords, I very much welcome Sir David Bell’s report, and I congratulate him on his recommendations. I am also delighted that the Government have decided to support them all. There are just two points I would like to raise with the Minister. The first is that we must remember...

My Lords, I very much welcome Sir David Bell’s report, and I congratulate him on his recommendations. I am also delighted that the Government have decided to support them all. There are just two points I would like to raise with the Minister. The first is that we must remember...

Yes, my noble friend is absolutely right. We need to tackle antisemitism not only by confronting hatred when it occurs, but also by helping more young people in our schools and—she is right—in our colleges to encounter and understand Jewish life, culture and history, building understanding and challenging prejudice before...

Yes, my noble friend is absolutely right. We need to tackle antisemitism not only by confronting hatred when it occurs, but also by helping more young people in our schools and—she is right—in our colleges to encounter and understand Jewish life, culture and history, building understanding and challenging prejudice before...

My Lords, every one of Sir David Bell’s 27 recommendations is framed as “should” and not “must”—a Civil Service device I remember well from my own time in government. Schools, like civil servants, treat “should” as advisory rather than compulsory. Without firm requirements, practice will vary from school to school;...

My Lords, every one of Sir David Bell’s 27 recommendations is framed as “should” and not “must”—a Civil Service device I remember well from my own time in government. Schools, like civil servants, treat “should” as advisory rather than compulsory. Without firm requirements, practice will vary from school to school;...

The noble Baroness may have tried to get out of her responsibilities in that way when she was in government, but this Government will not. We have been very clear about the spirit and the word of accepting the recommendations in this report. That is why we are setting up...

The noble Baroness may have tried to get out of her responsibilities in that way when she was in government, but this Government will not. We have been very clear about the spirit and the word of accepting the recommendations in this report. That is why we are setting up...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the past year. It is, of course, the Equality and Human Rights Commission upon which it falls to investigate antisemitism in political parties, which is taking root and is reflected in society...

My Lords, I declare an interest as the former chair of the Equality and Human Rights Commission in the past year. It is, of course, the Equality and Human Rights Commission upon which it falls to investigate antisemitism in political parties, which is taking root and is reflected in society...