Extract from Lords debate
on Religious Education
(Lab):...The commission’s report is the result of two
years of consultation and has been widely welcomed, most notably by
the Church of England, the National Association of Teachers of
Religious Education, the National Association of Head Teachers and
Humanists UK. We share the view of the National Education Union that it
should form the start of a much-needed conversation about the place
of religious education in our schools. The report confirmed that
the pressures on schools to focus on limited, tested subjects and
the shortage of teachers with the appropriate subject knowledge
make it difficult to focus on religious education...
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Extract from Education
Questions: Social Mobility
(Barnsley East)
(Lab): As today’s shocking research from the National
Education Union shows, one simple step that could help the most
disadvantaged children is providing them with a healthy meal. It
is more than two years since the Government committed to a
healthy schools rating system. When will they act?
The Secretary of State for Education (Damian
Hinds): I am glad that the hon. Lady mentions the issue
of providing meals for children at school. We have done a great
deal on breakfast, and we have also extended eligibility for free
school meals on three different occasions—in a way the Labour
party never did when it was in government—through universal
infant free school meals, free meals in further education
colleges and, most recently, the roll-out of universal credit.
