Music Education in State Schools Debate
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Lord Wallace of Saltaire
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(2 years, 8 months ago)
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Baroness Barran (Con)
I cannot agree with the noble Earl. The EBacc was designed to be limited, absolutely to allow for the study of other subjects—many of which I know the noble Earl rightly cares a great deal about.
Lord Wallace of Saltaire (LD)
My Lords, does the Minister have any figures on the number of schools without qualified, musically trained teachers attached to them? I declare my interests as a former chair of the Voces8 Foundation, which has been going into primary schools, particularly where there is no teacher present with any musical training, to introduce some basic singing.
Baroness Barran (Con)
I do not have that specific figure to hand, but I am happy to write to the noble Lord with it.