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Department: Department for Education

Oral Answers to Questions

William Wragg Excerpts
Monday 14th May 2018

(5 years, 11 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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Some schools already choose to teach about the dangers of gambling in their curriculum—for example, in their PSHE provision. During the recent call for evidence, we heard from a number of problem gambling charities, including Gamble Aware, and we are considering the evidence that they submitted.

William Wragg Portrait Mr William Wragg (Hazel Grove) (Con)
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Does my right hon. Friend agree that the provision of integrated user-friendly programmes is crucial to delivering good PSHE in primary schools, and will he recognise the work of organisations such as 1decision and Headway, which I have the pleasure of hosting in Parliament today?

Nick Gibb Portrait Nick Gibb
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I very much hope that those organisations will respond to the call for evidence; we are keen to hear from organisations with expertise in this area. We are consulting on the content of relationships education, and we will respond to the consultation shortly.