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Good. Have you not noticed that even camp sites are more expensive in August?

Actually, this discussion was about family holidays, not necessarily foreign ones at all. Those parents likely to go trekking in the Andes, to quote one of your examples, may well be in position not to bother too much about the cost. The ones we're talking about, the ones who are victims of...

How long have you been a member of the government, completely out of touch with reality?

None at all, if you're filfthy rich and a few (hundred) quid here and there doesn't make any difference to you.

They could and they did. Then, the government abolished the well established system of head teachers' discretion.

Not thinking about the holiday companies - hotels in, say, Spain, Italy, North Africa, etc. are outwith the jurisdiction of the UK government anyway. No, just mean they should butt out of trying to control family life.

Better still the government should just mind its own business and keep its nose out where it is not needed.

Head teachers always seemed to act in line with common sense without too much difficulty for many years before the busy-body government came along with its nanny state rules and control fetish and told them they were not allowed to use common sense any more.

Yes, but you're mixing up two completely different sets of circumstances - just as the government seems unable to understand the difference. Yes, the law should be used against parents who don't bother to ensure their kids go to school because they 'can't be arsed to get out of bed', as you put...

Yes, but every child puking up his/her breakfast/lunch or whatever isn't necessarily suffering from norovirus. My experience of going through school (never caught anything from another kid vomiting, although it made me feel sick whenever it happened!) is exactly the same as my three children...

Agree, except that I would go one step further, and say that the problem I have with a fixed penalty is the fact that there is a penalty at all!

I was shocked by the decision. For once the high court has shown outstanding judgement and common sense. For children, a family holiday can be an enriching (and educational, in the broadest sense) experience, worth far more than one single week in primary school (not advocating this for...