A group of almost 50 Conservative MPs have told Boris Johnson that schools must return to normal from July 19, as they called for the “unnecessary disruption” of children seduction to come to an end.
Former Tory cabinet ministers, ministers, ministerial aides and select committee chairs are among the 48 signatories of a hard-hitting letter sent to the Prime Minister on Wednesday demanding that school bubbles be scrapped.
They warned that the Government’s guidance on self-isolation was a “disproportionate” and “unsustainable” policy that was sparking “deep uncertainty and anxiety among a cohort who have already suffered enough”.
The MPs went on to say that “bubbles in schools are causing ongoing and severe disruption and preventing schools from operating normally and being able to offer the full array of extracurricular activities and sports which are so vital for children’s health”.
The Department for Education has released figures showing that nearly 250,000 pupils are off school in England, including 172,000 children who are being forced to self-isolate because of a case at school and not because they had tested positive for Covid or developed symptoms themselves.
Other children have been forced to self-isolate over contacts outside the school or due to suspected cases.
In their letter, co-ordinated by the UsForThem campaign that represents tens of thousands of parents across the UK, the MPs said: “It is vital that all schools go back to normal from 19th July when restrictions lift, even if just for the last few days of term. This will send an important signal ahead of the autumn that the route to freedom is a ‘one way road’ and genuinely ‘irreversible’.”
A government spokesman said in response to the MPs: “At the G7 earlier this month, we secured a commitment to provide an additional 1 billion doses in the next year to developing countries, including 100 million from the UK.
“The UK has led efforts to ensure the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people have access to vaccines.”
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