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...could threaten civil liberties. Children's authors, including Philip Pullman and Michael Morpurgo, have complained the requirement is "insulting" and say they will stop visiting schools. Earlier this week children's minister...

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...that requires them to register on a database in case they pose a danger to children. Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake all told The Independent that they object to having their names on the...

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...been going into schools for years Several high-profile authors, including Philip Pullman and Michael Morpurgo, have threatened to stop visiting schools in protest at having to register with the scheme. Pullman, author of fantasy trilogy...

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...Dark Materials, said the idea was "ludicrous and insulting". Former children's laureates Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo have hit out at the scheme which costs GBP64 per person. Officials say the checks have been misunderstood and authors...

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...nothing but contempt." Mr Pullman is not alone in his refusal. Other authors who object to being vetted include Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake. According to former Children's Laureate Mrs Fine: "The whole...

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...were safe to talk with children. Anne Fine described the scheme as "Government idiocy" which would drive a wedge between children and adults, while Morpurgo described the compulsory database as "a nonsense". But Deary, speaking on Thursday...

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...visiting schools in protest. Philip Pullman, Anne Fine, Anthony Horowitz, Michael Morpurgo and Quentin Blake all said they would refuse to have their names on the database, which carries a GBP64 registration fee. However, the chief executive...

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...will put off volunteers while critics include authors such as Philip Pullman and former Children's Laureates Anne Fine and Michael Morpurgo who refused to sign up even if it prevented them making school visits. In a letter to Barry...

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...hated the subject. For years they'd been exposed to passages by brilliant writers like Michael Morpurgo or Philip Pullman, but not in order to be enraptured by their stories or taken into another world by their prose. No, it was in order to...

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