Social Mobility

Lord Bird Excerpts

Monday 20th February 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

As my noble friend knows, we are very keen to encourage partnership arrangements between independent schools and the state sector, and we are in active discussions with them about that. We are considering all the proposals we have had—some 7,000—as a result of our consultation document, and we will react to those shortly.

[Lord Bird (CB)]

Are the Government aware that not only are the professions out of kilter with regard to the socially immobile but that social immobility was a very large factor in the Brexit referendum last year?

[Lord Nash]

There is no question but that many of the social issues had a big influence on the vote last year.