Clause 5

Part of Education Bill – in a Public Bill Committee at 9:30 am on 17 March 2011.

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Photo of Meg Munn Meg Munn Labour, Sheffield, Heeley 9:30, 17 March 2011

If the hon. Gentleman follows that argument, and if the school had to give notice, the parent would know that it had come from the school. I accept that, if we close a loophole by saying that there has to be notice, an abuser would find another one, but does the Minister really want to be the person who says, “It didn’t matter that a child was abused, because we said that schools did not have to give notice and an abuser used that as an opportunity”?