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Brexit: Support for Farming
Wednesday 11th January 2017

(8 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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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.

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

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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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.

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