Member

I have taken this complaint up already. I wrote a letter to my noble friend the Minister and, through her kindness, a meeting was arranged on 17 June with the Minister in the Government who is responsible for these provisions, Stephen Morgan. It was a very agreeable and sensible meeting, and I had with me three home-schooling parents, whom he treated with great courtesy. He listened very carefully to what they had to say. So I have some hope that my noble friend the Minister, working with Stephen Morgan, her colleague in the Department for Education, will realise that these provisions are too onerous and will enter into discussions —perhaps in August—so that we can together work out what would be sensible requirements of home-schooling parents.