Schools: Religious Education Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Religious Education

Lord Hughes of Woodside Excerpts
Thursday 30th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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We issued clear guidance in December on this matter and we do not recognise that point.

Lord Hughes of Woodside Portrait Lord Hughes of Woodside (Lab)
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The Minister says that he disagrees with the judgment. Will he explain why the Government have reached that decision?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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Because the decision was based on a very narrow point, and Dr Juss’s interpretation gives it a much wider aspect. It was a very specific case about the content of GCSEs.