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Member
Speaking in the House of Lords on 10 September 2025
Debate
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools BillContribution
If the Government are prepared to accept that home education provided to a Haredi child is to be regarded as that child’s full-time education, what criteria will be used in judging that acceptance? The Government might, for instance, expect to see sufficient time set aside in a child’s life for the general education that they require in order to realise their potential as fully functioning members of society outside the Haredi community, should they so wish. That has always been my understanding of the current settlement with religious minorities.
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