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Politics
Will Durrant

Mandatory sex education for 18-year-olds could be lifesaving, MP says

Zarah Sultana tabled an amendment to the Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill (Chris Jackson/PA) - (PA Archive)

Sex education for 17 and 18-year-olds could help young people identify abusive partners and be “lifesaving”, an MP has said.

Secondary school pupils receive relationships, sex and health education, but Zarah Sultana told the Commons that without the same provision in sixth forms and further education colleges, there is a “dangerous gap” which could be filled with “harmful voices”.

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