Member

Turning to Amendment 202 in the name of the noble Baroness, Lady Parminter, on the issue of requiring schools to provide access to second-hand uniform, I strongly agree that access to second-hand uniforms is extremely important for parents, but I think this amendment is unnecessary. Our existing statutory guidance, as she has already identified, requires schools to ensure that arrangements are in place for parents to acquire second-hand school uniforms. It is for the school to decide how this will be best achieved—for example, through periodic second-hand uniform sales or swap shops. This gives schools the flexibility to keep their existing second-hand arrangements or set up new arrangements that work best for their circumstances.