Member

However, their anomalous way of life is very much based on the study of the Bible, of the Talmud. Now within that, they do maths and textual analysis; they do all those things. I am not concerned about the intellectual quality of the children’s education; it is just very different in its structure. So the purpose of this amendment is in some way to restore the 1944 modus vivendi in relation to this and assert that the yeshivas are not schools, they are places of religious education. It is vital—which is the second part of the amendment—that the state insists on supervising the quality of home-schooling. I know from extensive discussions with the community that they are absolutely ready to engage with that. When it comes to the safeguarding measures, as I say, I am fully persuaded that they have taken resolute and determined action across their community.