Campaign for Home Education

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Tuesday 10 November

New All Party Parliamentary Group on Home Education

The APPG for Home Education held its first meeting yesterday evening with Graham Stuart Conservative MP for Beverley and Holderness elected Chair and Lord Lucas as Deputy Chair. Tim Farron Liberal Democrat MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale was elected Secretary and David Drew Labour MP for Stroud was elected Treasurer.

All Party Parliamentary Groups must be composed of Members of either the Commons or the Lords. The group's Register must have exactly 20 members, with 10 from the Government party, plus a total of 10 Opposition/Other members (of which at least 6 must be from the main Opposition party).

Any Member of the House of Commons or Lords is subsequently entitled to join the Group but only 20 names will be on the Register.

Groups meet to discuss issues of common interest which cross party political barriers. Home educators throughout the country are in regular contact with over 200 constituency MPs as can be seen from our list here.

More information about APPGs may be found here.

In the wake of the Independent Badman Government Review of Home Education, the Government intends to introduce changes to the law on home education via the Safeguarding Bill which is to be announced in the Queen's Speech on November 18th.