Member

This is a problem with a lot of this legislation and a lot of the Bill. It means well, but the danger is that it is going to create more work. I am concerned that when parents want to home-educate, perhaps due to emergency need, it is possible that a local authority, and those around the child at that moment—perhaps those who are not familiar with home education, or who have a certain antagonism, thoughts or ideology against it—might say that they disagree and that they should not do this, even if the reasons are legitimate. Remember that a lot of the children involved have special needs or various kinds of stress that have come about since Covid, or before.