Following reports of anti-vaccine protestors outside a school in Madeley, Lucy Allan has notified Ministers at the Department for Education directly. Lucy is clear that it is totally unacceptable to intimidate pupils and parents at the school gates for any political or ideological cause. Children must feel safe and unobstructed when attending school and feel free to inform themselves about the benefits of vaccination.
Minister for Education, Alex Burghart MP, said:
“These [anti-vaccination protests] are totally unacceptable. The level of intimidation being put on schools and teachers is abhorrent and I would make absolutely clear to any teachers or headteachers that contrary to some of the things they have been told, legal liability does not rest with schools at all, it lies with the Health service and those providing vaccinations.
I would like to thank schools very much for the spaces they have created and the consent forms they have provided. Rest assured it is the Health service providing these jabs.
I would be very grateful if any school that was facing intimidation lets the Department [for Education] know about it so that we can follow it up.”
Lucy Allan MP has raised anti-vaccination protests at Telford schools directly with the Department for Education.
