Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill Debate
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Gagan Mohindra
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Education (Careers Guidance in Schools) Bill
Gagan Mohindra ExcerptsFriday 14th January 2022
(2 years, 3 months ago)
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Mr Gagan Mohindra (South West Hertfordshire) (Con)
I congratulate my hon. Friend the Member for Workington (Mark Jenkinson) on bringing forward this Bill. As a former governor of a primary school, a chairman of governors of a further education college, and a governor at an autistic school, I have seen at first hand how important it is to ensure that children up and down this country understand the opportunities that they have. Part of our role as elected Members of this House is to make sure that children appreciate that they have opportunities that others around the world may not have. It is always a stark reminder when I am told that about 75% of women in the world are illiterate. For us, that should be a crying shame.