I can make it clear from this Dispatch Box that parents do not have a veto over the content of the curriculum.

No Government have ever specified that level of detail in respect of sex education, let alone relationship education.

This is a transforming piece of legislation and statutory guidance.

As I have said, we have had widespread support—from the Catholic Education Service, the Church of England, the Office of the Chief Rabbi

Yes, we do support that pledge, and, as I have said, we will support schools that decide to teach children to understand the importance o

The implementation guide will set out very clearly how to plan the curriculum, how to engage parents and the processes that schools need

It was to address those very issues that we published the statutory guidance.

As I said in response to the hon.

I pay tribute to the hon. Lady for her work locally to counter the kind of views expressed in those protests.

The issue in that particular school is not to do with the relationship and sex education guidance—that comes into force in September 2020