Business of the House (Thursday)

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 7:42 pm on 8 December 2010.

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Photo of Fiona Mactaggart Fiona Mactaggart Shadow Minister (Equalities Office) 7:42, 8 December 2010

We have all noted the restraint that the Speaker has exercised as people have strayed beyond the terms of this motion. But does he not share the concern that my constituents, and I believe his, will feel when they see the House debating what they see as a technical matter and not debating what they wish us to debate, which is the principle of whether education should be the business of the state or a purely private matter, which it will become as a result of the debate tomorrow?