Politicians call for a national plan to boost Religious Education
by Alex Collett, Premier:
Politicians have called for more support for Religious Education and urged the Government to do more to protect the subject.
Stephen Morgan, the Shadow Education Minister challenged the Government in a speech in Westminster Hall on Tuesday, appalled about its failure to introduce a National Plan for RE.
He claimed a Labour government would deliver a “well rounded” education.
Speaking about the issue, MP Morgan said within Westminster Hall: “The organization’s conclusion of the government’s performance for religious education was that words need to be backed up with action….
…The debate was called by Conservative MP Martin Vickers, who expressed concerns about the number of schools delivering the bare minimum of the subject.
During the debate, entitled ‘Religious Education in Modern Britain’, MPs from the Conservative benches spoke for the subject, including the PM’s Special Envoy for Freedom of Religion or Belief, Fiona Bruce MP, as well as former RE teacher, Jonathan Gullis MP.
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