Schools: Public Speaking
Commons · Question 84979 · Tabled 24 Oct 2025 · Department for Education · Official record
Answered 3 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Rupert Lowe
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has had correspondence with Wandsworth Council on external-speaker sessions in local schools on (a) migration and (b) asylum since January 2024.
Answer
Answered by Georgia Gould, 3 Nov 2025
Under sections 406 and 407 of the Equality Act 1996, schools must not promote partisan political views and should ensure that pupils are provided with a balanced treatment of political issues.To support this, the department has published comprehensive gui...