Member

However, even if my argument is wrong about the access to the register by the offending parent, I think I have taken a sensible position. The only parents who should be on the register are those who are taking responsibility for the education of the child or children. The other parent, if not doing that, has no right to be there. There is then the requirement in the Bill for all those parents who are registered to provide ongoing information. The parent who is not involved in the responsibility for the education of the child is in an extremely odd position, having to provide information that he—it is nearly always a he—knows nothing about. There is, therefore, no problem in the amendment that I have tabled, even if my argument of exposure is not right.