Prime Minister Rishi Sunak pledged to “ensure schools are not teaching inappropriate or contested content” in relationships, sex and health education (RSHE) lessons during Prime Minister’s Questions in the House of Commons yesterday (8 March).
He said government will bring forward a planned review of RSHE teaching after Miriam Cates, MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, said some pupils were being taught “age-inappropriate, extreme, sexualising and inaccurate” content.
She told the Commons: “Graphic lessons on oral sex, how to choke your partner safely, and 72 genders. This is what passes for relationships and sex education in British schools.
“This is not a victory for equality – it is a catastrophe for childhood.”
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