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Schools should be banned from slapping parents with fines for taking their kids on holiday during term time, a number of MPs have said.

The controversial practice of hitting parents with financial penalties for taking children out of school has been labelled unfair.

It has been a divisive issue for years and that showed during a debate on the issue in Parliament.

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Many parents choose to take their kids away during term time because holidays are so much cheaper then compared to the school holidays.

Thousands have been fined in the West Midlands in recent years for defying these rules

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