Compulsory Emergency First Aid Education (State-funded Secondary Schools) Bill

Part of the debate – in the House of Commons at 12:12 pm on 20 November 2015.

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Photo of Robert Jenrick Robert Jenrick Conservative, Newark 12:12, 20 November 2015

I quite agree. My hon. Friend makes another valuable point. Quality is at the heart of the argument, too. That is the final argument I want to come on to. In all walks of life, doing something voluntarily is usually better than being forced to do it. Quality and diversity are important in this argument. If we inspire and encourage our schools, any other group and workplace to take this forward themselves, hopefully, they will come up with all manner of interesting ways in which to do that. The light touch approach may result in better outcomes than the compulsory approach.