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Baroness Morris of Bolton (Con)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 17 October 2024

Debate

Independent Schools: VAT

Contribution

My Lords, independent schools add greatly to their wider communities. They take the strain from the state sector through the willingness of parents to fund their children’s education, often at great personal cost. In many cases they offer a haven for children who struggle in large classes. However laudable the Government’s aim to provide more resources in the state sector, the means of funding this is questionable. This is not a theoretical debate. This affects real children and real choices. The changes to the system are bound to be complex, but enacting those changes in just five months and in the middle of the school year will have profound consequences for children in both the independent and the state sector. Philip Britton, the head of Bolton School, where I was educated and was a governor, has said: “These changes need time and care … and it really is a moment to press pause and think harder”.

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