In a session of the House of Commons education committee, Labour MP Lisa Nandy asked what government action had been taken over news of the pilot in Croydon, which CYP Now reported last month.
In response, Education Secretary Michael Gove said Teather had raised concerns and expressed his own fears over the scheme.
Answering Nandy, Gove said: “Sarah Teather has raised some specific concerns about this and following on from an editorial in Children & Young People Now and your questions in parliament I have asked a series of questions about the wisdom of pursuing this.
“Reading the editorial, I thought there were causes for concern and we have raised them with the Home Office and the UKBA.”
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