Education: Sex Education Debate

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Baroness Massey of Darwen

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Monday 8th July 2013

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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My noble friend is quite right in her observations. The non-statutory notes and guidance specifically say that pupils should draw a timeline to indicate stages in the growth and development of humans, and should learn about the changes experienced in puberty.

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Have comments by the National Youth Parliament been taken into account? Could the Minister give us a hint as to the Government’s response?

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We have taken its comments into account, but I am afraid that I will have to write to the noble Baroness in detail to answer her question.

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