Tesco Selling Mini-Skirt As Part Of School Uniform

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Tesco Selling Mini-Skirt As Part Of School Uniform
Siobhan Freegard from the parenting website Netmums said it looked like something that "is sold in a sexy schoolgirl range at Ann Summers". She said: "If Tesco does not remove this from their shelves they are saying that they think it is okay for children of nine or 10 to be seen in this way. It is particularly bad that this is part of a uniform range. Even the name of the skirt is suggestive." The skirt is sold in the supermarket for £8. It is nearly 4 inches (over 10 cm) shorter than skirts sold at either Asda or Sainsbury's as part of their school uniform ranges. A spokesman for Tesco insisted that it was down to parents to decide what was "appropriate" for their child. He said: "We would never sell schoolwear that we considered to be inappropriate. We do not think this skirt is inappropriate and neither do the parents we've talked to. Many of our schoolwear buyers are mums themselves and we know that parents really care about what their children wear. Parents tell us they want a choice of styles so we sell 18 school skirts in our range, including the traditional styles, and 17 styles of trousers."