Last month, it emerged that the teen pregnancy rate in England and Waleshas risen for the first time since 2002.
Government plans to tackle the issue include making sex educationcompulsory in schools once a review on how best to implement the changeis complete.
Speaking to CYP Now, Anne Milton MP, shadow minister for health, saidthe move will have little impact on teenage pregnancy rates or cases ofsexually transmitted infections (STIs).
"Making sex education compulsory isn't the answer to the problem," shesaid.
"The government have said that they want to make sex educationcompulsory but this doesn't address any issues about the quality of it.We need a much more co-ordinated approach."
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