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Member

Speaking in the House of Lords on 16 September 2025

Debate

Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill

Contribution

The second hallmark of getting into the secondary school is if they went to an Anglican primary school. That is not the way that admissions should be done. Never mind moving church, going to church or moving house to get into a particular catchment area, this is not the way we should be filling up schools. Yes, there should be faith schools. Yes, faith schools—my goodness, the clue is in the title—should be there for families who have faith. But going through that sort of process seems to be an abuse of the way we admit children to schools.

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