Schools: Extremism and Intolerance Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Extremism and Intolerance

Baroness Sanderson of Welton Excerpts
Monday 28th March 2022

(2 years, 1 month ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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I thank the right revered Prelate for his question and for pointing out the success of integration in primary schools; I am happy to share in his welcome of that.

Baroness Sanderson of Welton Portrait Baroness Sanderson of Welton (Con)
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As the right reverend Prelate said, it is a complicated situation, but the podcast itself—the reporting as per the original Question—was at times quite worryingly skewed. Does my noble friend think that schools are doing enough to challenge extremism, or, as a result of this podcast, are they afraid of being labelled racist?