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Conduct Of The Secretary Of State For Education

EDM number 2000 in 1992-93, proposed by Win Griffiths on 11/05/1993.

That this House regrets the failure of the Secretary of State for Education, in his statement to the House on 11th May, to deal with the lack of confidence in this year's school tests; believes this failure reinforces the need for the withdrawal of compulsion in this year's testing regime; calls on the Government, in the light of the welcome changes announced for next year predicated upon the flawed tests for this year, to let teachers decide on whether this year's tests should be taken; urges that from September the model adopted in Scotland for assessment and testing should be used, along with the measures announced on 11th May, pending a general agreement being reached by parents and teachers involved in the education of children on the implementation of national curriculum assessment and testing; and further urges the Secretary of State for Education to resign so that confidence can be restored among parents, pupils and teachers in the Government's willingness to listen to their immediate concerns about the educational damage, chaos, confusion and overwork involved in the present testing regime.

This motion has been signed by a total of 146 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Win Griffiths11/05/1993BridgendProposed
Mike O'Brien11/05/1993North WarwickshireSigned
Colin Pickthall11/05/1993West LancashireSigned
Bridget Prentice11/05/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Gordon Prentice11/05/1993PendleSigned
Dawn Primarolo11/05/1993Bristol SouthSigned
Ken Purchase11/05/1993Wolverhampton North EastSigned
Joyce Quin11/05/1993Gateshead EastSigned
Stuart Randall11/05/1993Kingston upon Hull WestSigned
Nick Raynsford11/05/1993GreenwichSigned
Barbara Roche11/05/1993Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Jeff Rooker11/05/1993Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Ernie Ross11/05/1993Dundee WestSigned
Ted Rowlands11/05/1993Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneySigned
Brian Sedgemore11/05/1993Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Alan Simpson11/05/1993Nottingham SouthSigned
Andrew Smith11/05/1993Oxford EastSigned
Nigel Spearing11/05/1993Newham SouthSigned
John Spellar11/05/1993Warley WestSigned
Kate Hoey11/05/1993VauxhallSigned
George Howarth11/05/1993Knowsley NorthSigned
Robert Hughes11/05/1993Aberdeen NorthSigned
John Hutton11/05/1993Barrow & FurnessSigned
Eric Illsley11/05/1993Barnsley CentralSigned
David Jamieson11/05/1993Plymouth, DevonportSigned
Martyn Jones11/05/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Tessa Jowell11/05/1993DulwichSigned
Alan Keen11/05/1993Feltham & HestonSigned
Jane Kennedy11/05/1993Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Piara S Khabra11/05/1993Ealing, SouthallSigned
Joan Lestor11/05/1993EcclesSigned
Ken Livingstone11/05/1993Brent EastSigned
Tony Lloyd11/05/1993StretfordSigned
Eddie Loyden11/05/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Calum MacDonald11/05/1993Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Alice Mahon11/05/1993HalifaxSigned
Peter Mandelson11/05/1993HartlepoolSigned
David Marshall11/05/1993Glasgow, ShettlestonSigned
Michael Martin11/05/1993Glasgow, SpringburnSigned
Eric Martlew11/05/1993CarlisleSigned
John Maxton11/05/1993Glasgow, CathcartSigned
John McAllion11/05/1993Dundee EastSigned
Ian McCartney11/05/1993MakerfieldSigned
William McKelvey11/05/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Henry McLeish11/05/1993Central FifeSigned
John McWilliam11/05/1993BlaydonSigned
Alan Meale11/05/1993MansfieldSigned
Alun Michael11/05/1993Cardiff South & PenarthSigned
Bill Michie11/05/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Alan Milburn11/05/1993DarlingtonSigned
Andrew Miller11/05/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Lewis Moonie11/05/1993KirkcaldySigned
Rhodri Morgan11/05/1993Cardiff WestSigned
Estelle Morris11/05/1993Birmingham, YardleySigned
George Mudie11/05/1993Leeds EastSigned
Chris Mullin11/05/1993Sunderland SouthSigned
Paul Murphy11/05/1993TorfaenSigned
Gordon Oakes11/05/1993HaltonSigned
Edward O'Hara11/05/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Martin O'Neill11/05/1993ClackmannanSigned
Roland Boyes11/05/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Keith Bradley11/05/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Nick Brown11/05/1993Newcastle upon Tyne EastSigned
Richard Burden11/05/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Stephen Byers11/05/1993WallsendSigned
James Callaghan11/05/1993Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Anne Campbell11/05/1993CambridgeSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/05/1993Blyth ValleySigned
David Clelland11/05/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Harry Cohen11/05/1993LeytonSigned
Frank Cook11/05/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Jean Corston11/05/1993Bristol EastSigned
Jim Cousins11/05/1993Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Alistair Darling11/05/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
Bryan Davies11/05/1993Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
Jim Dowd11/05/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Angela Eagle11/05/1993WallaseySigned
Kenneth Eastham11/05/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
Derek Enright11/05/1993HemsworthSigned
Bill Etherington11/05/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Andrew Faulds11/05/1993Warley EastSigned
Mark Fisher11/05/1993Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Don Foster11/05/1993BathSigned
Mike Gapes11/05/1993Ilford SouthSigned
Bruce George11/05/1993Walsall SouthSigned
Neil Gerrard11/05/1993WalthamstowSigned
Irene Adams11/05/1993Paisley NorthSigned
Graham Allen11/05/1993Nottingham NorthSigned
John Gunnell11/05/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Peter Hain11/05/1993NeathSigned
Harry Barnes11/05/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
John Battle11/05/1993Leeds WestSigned
Gerry Steinberg11/05/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Paddy Tipping11/05/1993SherwoodSigned
Joan Walley11/05/1993Stoke-on-Trent NorthSigned
Gareth Wardell11/05/1993GowerSigned
Robert Wareing11/05/1993Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Mike Watson11/05/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Alan Wynne Williams11/05/1993CarmarthenSigned
Tony Wright11/05/1993Cannock and BurntwoodSigned
David Young11/05/1993Bolton South EastSigned
Peter Pike12/05/1993BurnleySigned
Terry Rooney12/05/1993Bradford NorthSigned
Joan Ruddock12/05/1993Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Barry Sheerman12/05/1993HuddersfieldSigned
Clare Short12/05/1993Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
John Heppell12/05/1993Nottingham EastSigned
Glenda Jackson12/05/1993Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Helen Jackson12/05/1993Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
Jon Owen Jones12/05/1993Cardiff CentralSigned
Lynne Jones12/05/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Terry Lewis12/05/1993WorsleySigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/05/1993Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Liz Lynne12/05/1993RochdaleSigned
Thomas McAvoy12/05/1993Glasgow, RutherglenSigned
Malcolm Chisholm12/05/1993Edinburgh LeithSigned
Jim Cunningham12/05/1993Coventry South EastSigned
Ian Davidson12/05/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie12/05/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Evans12/05/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Maria Fyfe12/05/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Tommy Graham12/05/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Mike Hall12/05/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Janet Anderson12/05/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Roger Berry12/05/1993KingswoodSigned
Barry Jones13/05/1993Alyn & DeesideSigned
Clive Betts13/05/1993Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Paul Tyler13/05/1993North CornwallSigned
John Cummings14/05/1993EasingtonSigned
Peter Hardy17/05/1993WentworthSigned
Roy Hughes17/05/1993Newport EastSigned
Alex Carlile17/05/1993MontgomerySigned
Terry Davis17/05/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Clive Soley18/05/1993HammersmithSigned
Michael Connarty18/05/1993Falkirk EastSigned
Paul Flynn18/05/1993Newport WestSigned
Roger Godsiff18/05/1993Birmingham Small HeathSigned
Jack Thompson18/05/1993WansbeckSigned
Martin Redmond19/05/1993Don ValleySigned
Jamie Cann19/05/1993IpswichSigned
Michael Clapham19/05/1993Barnsley West & PenistoneSigned
Elliot Morley20/05/1993Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Tom Cox20/05/1993TootingSigned
Simon Hughes21/05/1993Southwark and BermondseySigned
Allan Rogers25/05/1993RhonddaSigned
Ann Coffey26/05/1993StockportSigned

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