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registered interest false more like this
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Department for Education more like this
answering dept id 60 remove filter
answering dept short name Education more like this
answering dept sort name Education more like this
hansard heading Relationships and Sex Education: Northern Ireland more like this
house id 2 more like this
legislature
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pref label House of Lords more like this
question text To ask His Majesty's Government when they intend to respond to the publication of the 44th Report by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee on 22 June, in order to clarify (1) whether, and (2) how, a parent in Northern Ireland can excuse their child from Relationships and Sexuality Education. more like this
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Lord Browne of Belmont remove filter
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is ministerial correction false more like this
date of answer less than 2023-08-02more like thismore than 2023-08-02
answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has welcomed the report by the House of Lords Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee.</p><p>The Relationships and Sexuality Education (Northern Ireland) (Amendment) Regulations 2023 place a duty on the Northern Ireland Department of Education to introduce regulations to ensure that a pupil may be withdrawn from education on sexual and reproductive health and rights or elements of that education, at the request of a parent. This follows the approach taken in England and Scotland.</p><p>The Northern Ireland Department of Education has confirmed it will consult on both the guidance and the provisions for the circumstances in which a pupil may be excused from the education or specified elements of that education.</p> more like this
answering member printed Baroness Barran more like this
question first answered
less than 2023-08-02T11:56:32.237Zmore like thismore than 2023-08-02T11:56:32.237Z
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label Biography information for Baroness Barran more like this
tabling member
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label Biography information for Lord Browne of Belmont more like this