Member

First, I would like to make two things clear to avoid any possible misunderstanding, and I am afraid there have been misunderstandings about this in the past. One is that these amendments are not about personal values—lifestyles, if you like—but political values and institutions, the ones on which our whole society is founded. Secondly, British values already have to be taught in schools, so my amendment is not an innovation in that respect. There are two problems with the present formulation. First, it is focused on respect and tolerance of different faiths and beliefs, and in so doing leaves out a value that is fundamental to our society, namely, the equal respect that is due to every single person, so subsection 1(d) of the proposed new clause simply includes those words,