Performing Arts: GCSE and A-level Qualifications Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Performing Arts: GCSE and A-level Qualifications

Lord Cormack Excerpts
Wednesday 26th April 2023

(1 year, 7 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Cormack Portrait Lord Cormack (Con)
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As my noble friend may know, our noble friend Lord Parkinson very kindly attended a dinner which I hosted last week for the Royal School of Church Music. He was of course wearing his arts and heritage hat. Has the Minister had a chance to talk to the Royal School of Church Music? It is bringing music of a very high quality to many who go to primary schools where they hardly have the opportunity to learn any music. We all ought to be working together on this one to bring quality music to children throughout the whole of the United Kingdom.

Baroness Barran Portrait Baroness Barran (Con)
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My noble friend is right that we absolutely should be working together. I thank all the charities and voluntary organisations, which are so varied and bring so much richness to our children’s lives, including the Royal Society of Church Music.