The government has been accused of treating homeschooling parents like “criminals” after proposals for a register to monitor their children.
On Tuesday Conservative MP Flick Drummond called for the setting up of a “Children Not in School” register over safety and welfare concerns.
Introducing the Children Not In School (Register) bill during the 10-minute rule motion procedure, she urged MPs to back the proposed legislation “important for the welfare of children.”
The bill would aim to place a legal duty on local authorities to maintain a register of children not in school.
The Tory told MPs: “Currently, we hold no comprehensive data about how many children are not on a school roll, where they are and what quality of education they are receiving, if any….