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Lord Sikka (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 30 June 2025

Debate

School Libraries

Contribution

My Lords, in September 2020, the Government issued an order to English schools that: “Schools should not under any circumstances use resources produced by organisations” which have expressed a desire to end capitalism. As a result, students cannot easily study the history of the working class, trade unions and emergence of social rights and marginalised groups. When will the Minister withdraw that order?

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