National Curriculum: Animal Welfare

Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall Excerpts

Tuesday 24th February 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

I entirely agree. Children taught properly should be able to balance all these arguments. They should be taught about argument and they should have enough scientific knowledge to understand what is happening.

[Baroness McIntosh of Hudnall (Lab)]

My Lords, would the noble Lord agree that it is slightly unfortunate that he chose to use this really quite innocuous Question to make a very crude party-political point? Would he also accept that, in doing so, he undermines the morale of teachers who have been working in the system for very many years and doing the very best they can, sometimes in quite difficult circumstances? Would he further he accept that the best primary schools have animals for the children to look after and that is how they learn about animal welfare?