Written Question·Department for Education·UIN 10848
School Libraries: LGBT+ People
Tabled: 23 October 2024
Answered: 31 October 2024
Question
Josh Newbury
Labour — Cannock Chase
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of trends in the number of requests to schools to remove LGBT+ literature from school libraries.
Answer
Catherine McKinnellThe current national curriculum requires teachers to encourage pupils to develop the habit of reading widely and often, for both pleasure and information. It also emphasises the importance of children listening to, discussing and reading for themselves a ...
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