I do not know why my noble friend repeats the story that we are trying to stop people understanding the background, history and traditions of this country. Nothing is further from the truth. We are saying that of course one should be able to teach all faiths at any time; we have no problem with that. However, we should not insist on collective worship from which some people are excluded.
Education Bill
Proceeding contribution from
Lord Hughes of Woodside
(Labour)
in the House of Lords on Monday, 24 October 2011.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Education Bill.
About this proceeding contribution
Reference
731 c600 Session
2010-12Chamber / Committee
House of Lords chamberSubjects
Librarians' tools
Timestamp
2023-12-15 19:32:15 +0000
URI
http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_777177
In Indexing
http://indexing.parliament.uk/Content/Edit/1?uri=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_777177
In Solr
https://search.parliament.uk/claw/solr/?id=http://data.parliament.uk/pimsdata/hansard/CONTRIBUTION_777177