Education: Citizenship Studies Debate

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Baroness Howe of Idlicote

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Education: Citizenship Studies

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Disabled Students’ Allowance
Monday 30th June 2014

(9 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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My noble friend makes a very good point. I believe that all schools should teach about all religions and about respect for all religions. However, I will take his point back.

Baroness Howe of Idlicote Portrait Baroness Howe of Idlicote (CB)
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My Lords, does the Minister agree that one area that could be encouraged is parenting? I do not just mean good relationships with your own parents but what your future children are going to need, by way of skills, to be good parents themselves.

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I agree entirely with the noble Baroness. Parenting skills in this country are, in many cases, sadly lacking but it is not easy to dictate to parents, even young parents, how to do that. However, all good schools certainly seek to engage with their parents not just about their children’s education but, bluntly, to improve the education of the parents themselves.

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