Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill Debate

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Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill

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Friday 20th November 2015

(9 years ago)

Commons Chamber
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Teresa Pearce Portrait Teresa Pearce
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I am afraid I cannot answer for every school in my constituency any more than I can answer for every school in the hon. Gentleman’s constituency. I say only that teachers, parents and children want this Bill, so why should we as parliamentarians not provide it?

Clive Efford Portrait Clive Efford (Eltham) (Lab)
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Is the answer to the question from the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) that MPs do not run schools or decide policy within them? For example, I suspect that not every school in his constituency is campaigning to come out of Europe. Does that mean that he is failing in some way as an MP?

Philip Davies Portrait Philip Davies
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I would not be so sure!