Young People: Personal Finances Debate

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Lord Phillips of Sudbury

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Thursday 7th February 2013

(11 years, 3 months ago)

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I agree entirely with my noble friend. Schools should provide these pupils in particular with all the information that they need, including budgeting, student loans, bursaries and any other products available.

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My Lords, I declare an interest as president of the Citizenship Foundation. With his very welcome news when he first answered this Question, does it mean that citizenship is now going to remain part of the core curriculum?

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There will be a Statement on this later. It remains part of the core curriculum but it is not a mandatory GCSE.

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