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Children, Schools and Families Bill

Proceeding contribution from Lord Coaker (Labour) in the House of Commons on Tuesday, 23 February 2010. It occurred during Debate on bills on Children, Schools and Families Bill.
I will give way to the hon. Gentleman and probably to some of my hon. Friends in a few moments, but I want to finish my statement on PSHE. There is nothing in the Bill that diminishes these principles or lessens their impact on faith schools. Although faith schools will, as now, be able to teach their faith's views on issues that arise within the teaching of PSHE, what they will not be able to do is suggest that their views are the only valid ones, and they must make it clear that there are a wide range of divergent views. For example, a Catholic school will be required to teach about contraception. In doing so, it will have to be accurate in the sense of providing the facts about contraception. It will have to be balanced in the sense of indicating that there are different views about contraception, but it would also be able to reflect the views of the Catholic Church about the use of contraception.
Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
506 c257 
Session
2009-10
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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