Children: Safeguarding

Baroness Eaton Excerpts

Wednesday 11th January 2017 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

Some people think that they should be allowed to educate their children at home with minimum interference; others feel that society has moved on somewhat in recent years and it is something that we should look at again. As I say, we are looking at this carefully.

[Baroness Eaton (Con)]

How are Her Majesty’s Government taking forward the recommendations in the Wood review?

[Lord Nash]

On this aspect, as I say, we have received 18,000 responses to our call for evidence and we are considering them carefully. We want a system that regulates out-of-school settings and works effectively but is not overly burdensome, because we know that many of these settings are small and staffed by volunteers.