Nearly 70 Tory MPs Champion Legislation Mandating Parental Access to RSE Lesson Materials

Campaigners said that parents have ‘every right’ to more transparency over RSE lesson plans, after a parental rights campaigner lost her appeal to have a say.

Miriam Cates MP speaks during the Northern Research Group conference at Doncaster Racecourse on June 9, 2023. Danny Lawson/PA Wire

Proposed legislation that would compel schools to provide parents with copies of the materials utilised in Relationships and Sex Education (RSE) lessons is now being championed by nearly 70 Tory MPs.

Miriam Cates, the MP for Penistone and Stocksbridge, originally led the introduction of the “sex education transparency” private members’ bill in July, which was formally published on Friday. Its second reading is due in November.