VoteClimate: Political Neutrality in Schools - 10th March 2020

Political Neutrality in Schools - 10th March 2020

Here are the climate-related sections of speeches by MPs during the Commons debate Political Neutrality in Schools.

Full text: https://hansard.parliament.uk/Commons/2020-03-10/debates/0E3A5CA9-945E-4C6E-94FD-049108EA0592/PoliticalNeutralityInSchools

10:59 Mr Marcus Fysh (Yeovil) (Con)

I am listening with care to the hon. Member. I absolutely agree that children, and particularly seven-year-olds, should not be subjected to the kind of language and approach that Stormzy was reported to have used, but is it not true that guest speakers who come into schools can be expected to be asked their political views? Certainly, whenever I go into schools I am asked what I think of the Prime Minister, of Brexit, of plastic and of climate change, and whether I have ever met the Queen. Is not the issue more about the appropriateness of the speaker’s response and the respect they give to the children and staff in the school than about their political position?

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