Following his election as chair of the education select committee in June, Neil Carmichael's first act was to slam the government for its "feeble" response to the committee's inquiry into personal, social and health education (PSHE). The Conservative MP for Stroud, who was first elected to parliament in 2010, did not pull any punches in his claim that ministers "entirely sidestepped" the committee's recommendation to give statutory status to PSHE. Asked if the robust retort to government will be indicative of his personal style in his new role, Carmichael, who served on the committee under the previous chair Graham Stuart, tells CYP Now that he will be forthright when necessary.
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