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Lord West of Spithead

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Draft Modern Slavery Bill Committee
Wednesday 15th January 2014

(10 years, 10 months ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I believe that a number of noble Lords do send their children to such schools, and I hope that in time, because of the success of the entire state programme, many more will.

Lord West of Spithead Portrait Lord West of Spithead (Lab)
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My Lords, bearing in mind the history curriculum that is taught in academy schools, does the Minister agree with his Secretary of State, who wrote in a recent article that those on the left were unpatriotic?

Lord Nash Portrait Lord Nash
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I applaud my right honourable friend the Secretary of State’s objectivity in all matters.

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