Oral Answers to Questions

Debate between Olivia Bailey and Ian Roome

Monday 1st December 2025 Commons Chamber

[Ian Roome (North Devon) (LD)]

2. What steps she is taking to improve education on sexual consent and relationships.

[The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education (Olivia Bailey)]

The Government’s new relationships, sex and health education guidance will help to ensure that young people learn about healthy, respectful relationships, and understand that consent is essential. That supports our unprecedented mission to halve violence against women and girls within a decade.

[Ian Roome]

Many parents are concerned about how schools address the sensitive issues of consent and sexual violence. What action is the Department taking to ensure that those subjects are being taught in schools by appropriately trained professionals, to safeguard both pupils and teachers?

[Olivia Bailey]

That is exactly what our new RSHE guidance aims to do, to give schools the support they need to ensure that our young people are taught about healthy relationships, and to learn about critical concepts such as consent.