Schools: Religious Education

Debate between Lord Nash and Lord Lea of Crondall

Thursday 30th June 2016 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

I agree entirely with the right reverend Prelate. The Church has a good record of creating much inclusion in its schools. We have a considerably increased intake for the more academic, rigorous GCSE that we introduced.

[Lord Lea of Crondall (Lab)]

My Lords, one of the most popular words at the moment is “binary”, as in in/out. When it comes to the question of science and religion, it is a question not just of teaching doctrines but of the examination of the compatibility of, for example, Christianity with the Big Bang origin of the universe. It is not just a question of a binary argument about what should be on the curriculum.