National Curriculum: Animal Welfare

Baroness Perry of Southwark Excerpts

Tuesday 24th February 2015 Lords Chamber

[Lord Nash]

If we offer all our children a really good education, which we are trying to do, they can make their minds up on these issues for themselves.

[Baroness Perry of Southwark (Con)]

Does my noble friend agree that when topics such as the use of animals in scientific experiments are dealt with in schools they should be dealt with in a balanced way, and that children should be able, as he has just said, to balance the various arguments on different sides?

[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.