Debates between Baroness Whitaker and Lord O'Shaughnessy during the 2015-2017 Parliament

Schools: Admissions Code

Debate between Baroness Whitaker and Lord O'Shaughnessy
Wednesday 9th March 2016

(8 years, 8 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Baroness Whitaker Portrait Baroness Whitaker (Lab)
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My Lords, the Fair Admissions Campaign—

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O’Shaughnessy!

Lord O'Shaughnessy Portrait Lord O'Shaughnessy
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Your Lordships are very generous to a newcomer; thank you. As we have heard, church schools have been the subject of many vexatious attempts to take them to the admissions adjudicator. I ask the Minister to condemn those who abuse the school admissions code to make political and ideological points. I declare an interest as a parent with a son at a Catholic school. I also invite the Minister to pay tribute to the many excellent church schools, which not only are more ethnically diverse than average schools but are more likely to have a good or outstanding judgment from Ofsted.

Baroness Whitaker Portrait Baroness Whitaker
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My Lords, following the noble Lord—