Lobby Day On Sex And Relationship Education In Primary Schools  

On Thursday 1 December I presented a petition of over 45,000 signatures to the Department for Education of parents who are against explicit sex education in primary schools. This followed a Lobby Day I sponsored in Parliament on Thursday 24 November to discuss this issue. The meeting was addressed by a range of speakers, including Antonia Tully, leader of a campaign 'Safe at School' which advises parents and teachers who are concerned about the explicit nature of sex education in schools. There were also a number of parents from Northamptonshire and other parts of England who addressed the meeting and spoke of their experiences with their own children and finding out about the material that was being shown to them at school. I have been contacted by a number of local parents expressing their concerns. It is, of course, a very difficult issue for many parents to raise, and there is always...