Extract from Westminster Hall debate on Water Safety - July 12
Tuesday, 13 July 2021 08:51
Peter Kyle (Hove) (Lab):...According to the National Education
Union, approximately half the people who drown each year are under
the age of 15. Whether that is down to youth, inexperience or
something else entirely, it means that mums, dads, brothers and
sisters are grieving when they should be watching their family
member grow and thrive. Those statistics speak for themselves, and
they demand action... ...The Government point out in response to
today’s petition that water safety is a...Request free trial
(Hove)
(Lab):...According to the National Education
Union, approximately half the people who drown each year
are under the age of 15. Whether that is down to youth,
inexperience or something else entirely, it means that mums, dads,
brothers and sisters are grieving when they should be watching
their family member grow and thrive. Those statistics speak for
themselves, and they demand action...
...The Government point out in response to today’s
petition that water safety is a mandatory part of the curriculum
for physical education at primary school. However, if the
proportion of young people dying at sea is so high, the current
requirements cannot be working well enough. Perhaps, as the
NEU suggests, teachers are not being
properly supported to deliver the teaching in such a specialised
and life-critical discipline; perhaps provision of high-quality
water safety lessons is variable across the country; or perhaps the
existing requirements simply do not go far enough. In any of these
scenarios, the Government must be more open to reform than they
have been to date. They cannot pretend that the problem no longer
exists simply because of a basic curriculum requirement...
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