Member

On Amendment 464, on the recording and reporting of racist or faith-based bullying in schools, I worry about the real danger of treating young children as would-be racists. We have to think very carefully about this. The contribution of the noble Baroness, Lady Verma, was incredibly interesting. At the very least, it showed how complicated this is. It is not as straightforward as just saying that we have got to fight racism in schools and that we have to report racist incidents. Young children in particular are unencumbered by adult fixations on race, and I worry about the danger of mislabelling pupils and so on.