All 1 Debates between Baroness Burt of Solihull and John Robertson

Personal, Social, Health and Financial Education

Debate between Baroness Burt of Solihull and John Robertson
Wednesday 16th January 2013

(11 years, 4 months ago)

Westminster Hall
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Baroness Burt of Solihull Portrait Lorely Burt
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I have a lot of sympathy with the way in which the hon. Gentleman is framing his argument, but does he not agree that no one is proposing that we should start to teach the biological sexual elements of relationships to five-year olds? All relationship education should be completely age-appropriate, so a five-year-old would learn about friendships and loyalty—

John Robertson Portrait John Robertson (in the Chair)
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May we keep interventions short, please?

Baroness Burt of Solihull Portrait Lorely Burt
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Yes. We would not start doing the curriculum at that age.