In January I held a meeting for people who were concerned about my home education bill. This was an opportunity for them to ask questions about the bill Some people were unable to attend the meeting due to a range of reasons including child care or long travel and they contacted me stating their disappointment.…
About 30 people attended the meeting last night. Most were home educators and all were either opposed or worried about my Bill and that is why they were invited. Generally the meeting went well. There was a strong exchange of views and I picked up some useful comments about the problems they saw with…
The debate on my Private members Bill (Duty of Local Authorities) Bill https://hansard.parliament.uk/lords/2017-11-24/debates/141D7347-083E-4EAF-9927-AD5283998B76/HomeEducation(DutyOfLocalAuthorities)Bill(HL) was completed successfully and the Bill will now go into committee probably in late February. I announced in the debate that I will make some changes to the Bill and that I would be listening to various groups and individuals to make…
