Birmingham Schools

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Foreign and Commonwealth Office – in the House of Commons at 12:45 pm on 22 July 2014.

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Photo of Andrew Stephenson Andrew Stephenson Conservative, Pendle 12:45, 22 July 2014

What Peter Clarke found was shocking, and I am pleased to see the swift action from the Government. While everyone will agree that we need to root out and stamp out extremism in our schools, many parents I spoke to over the weekend who wish their children to have a faith-based education were concerned that this could be used as an excuse for the Government to U-turn on their long-standing commitment to our faith-based schools. Can I have my right hon. Friend’s assurance that that will not be the case?