Following the conclusion of the inquest into Benedict Blythe's tragic passing from accidental exposure for cow's milk in school, Alicia Kearns MP has written an allergy amendment to the Children's Wellbeing and Schools Bill. The amendment has been tabled by Baroness Prentis in the House of Lords and already has cross-party support.
The amendment seeks to enshrine in the law the recommendations of the Benedict Blythe Foundation REACT Report.
If passed, it will require schools to follow best practice to ensure allergy safety and allow every child to be safer in school.
Alicia Kearns, Member of Parliament for Rutland and Stamford, said:
"I want to pay tribute to Helen Blythe, whose tireless campaigning, research and advocacy has brought allergy safety in schools to the heart of Parliament and Government. I will be pushing for support across the House of Lords this Summer and hope when Parliament returns, we can finally secure the changes needed to make all schools allergy safe in Benedict’s memory."
