Dozens of MPs lined up in the Commons to deliver petitions from constituents urging the Government not to go ahead with proposals to shake up home education.
Tory Graham Stuart said people from more than 120 constituencies officially opposed the compulsory registration of home educating families in England. The previous record of petitions presented in one day was 44 in 2006, he said.
In June, the Government accepted the findings of a review by Graham Badman which said home educating families should register annually.
The mandatory registration scheme will be administered by councils who will visit parents at home.
Mr Stuart (Beverley and Holderness) told MPs: "If enacted, the Government's proposals will for the first time in our history tear away from parents and give to the state the responsibility for a child's education.'
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