Schools: Religious Education Debate

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Department: Department for Education

Schools: Religious Education

Lord Lea of Crondall Excerpts
Thursday 30th June 2016

(8 years, 4 months ago)

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I agree entirely with the right reverend Prelate. The Church has a good record of creating much inclusion in its schools. We have a considerably increased intake for the more academic, rigorous GCSE that we introduced.

Lord Lea of Crondall Portrait Lord Lea of Crondall (Lab)
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My Lords, one of the most popular words at the moment is “binary”, as in in/out. When it comes to the question of science and religion, it is a question not just of teaching doctrines but of the examination of the compatibility of, for example, Christianity with the Big Bang origin of the universe. It is not just a question of a binary argument about what should be on the curriculum.