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a motion presented to the Government on July 2nd 2009:

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1785 HOME EDUCATION AND THE BADMAN REVIEW

Mr Mark Field
Anne Main
Andrew George
John Hemming
Ann Winterton

That this House acknowledges and celebrates the hard work of the many home
educators in Britain who teach their children to an exceptionally high standard;
recognises the excellent value they represent to the Government; notes with
concern the conflation of welfare concerns with education issues in Government
statements on home education; further notes with concern the recommendations of
the Badman Review which suggest closer monitoring of home educators, including a
comulsory annual registration scheme and right of access to people's homes for
local authority officials; and calls on the Government to focus on its own
ability to fulfil the Every Child Matters objectives rather than undermine the
indepence and integrity of home educators by enforcing the Badman
recommendations.

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Above this on the same piece of paper was another motion that I thought I might
aswell mention here :-)

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1784 HOME EDUCATION

Tim Farron
Bob Spink
Andrew George
John Hemming
Mr Colin Breed

That this house recognises that an estimated 45,000 to 150,000 children are
educated at home; believes that parents should be allowed and supported to home
educate; notes with concern the proposals put forward in the recent Badman
review; expresses particular concern at the lack of consultation involved in
conducting the review; considers it unacceptable that local authorities are able
to circumvent their responsibilities to pupils who are being home educated;
accepts the need for a system of support to ensure that home educated children
receive a good quality of education without creating an execessive and damaging
degree of beaurocracy; and calls on the Government to strike the right balance
between allowing parents the freedom to give their children the widest possible
educational opportunities and ensuring that all children receive a well-rounded
education.

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