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Labour Party And Grant-Maintained Schools

EDM number 249 in 1992-93, proposed by James Pawsey on 11/06/1992.

That this House notes with some interest the Advice Note published by the Labour Party on Opting Out; notes that it claims to be 'the product of extensive consultation within the party which began almost as soon as the election was over', and that it proposed local consultative conferences between local education authorities and heads, teachers, governors and parent representatives on the future of the local education authorities and urges local referenda amongst all parents to test opinion on key issues, and continues by saying that 'parents and governors may feel bound to make decisions about what they think is best for their school', and 'Labour must not appear to be placed in a hostile position of opposition to such parents'; believes that the belated conversion of the Labour Party to parental power is welcomed as is their acceptance of grant maintained status as expressed through free and democratic ballots of parents; and looks forward to the Labour Party accepting grant maintained status in the same way as they accepted the sale of council houses.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
James Pawsey11/06/1992Rugby & KenilworthProposed
Eric Pickles11/06/1992Brentwood & OngarSigned
John Whittingdale11/06/1992Colchester South and MaldonSigned
John Watts11/06/1992SloughSigned
John Townend11/06/1992BridlingtonSigned
John Sykes11/06/1992ScarboroughSigned
David Sumberg11/06/1992Bury SouthSigned
Michael Bates11/06/1992LangbaurghSigned
Harry Greenway11/06/1992Ealing NorthSigned
John Gorst11/06/1992Hendon NorthSigned
David Faber11/06/1992WestburySigned
Roger Evans11/06/1992MonmouthSigned
Jonathan Evans11/06/1992Brecon and RadnorSigned
Bob Dunn11/06/1992DartfordSigned
Marion Roe11/06/1992BroxbourneSigned
Charles Hendry11/06/1992High PeakSigned
John Horam11/06/1992OrpingtonSigned
Peter Luff11/06/1992WorcesterSigned
Peter Butler11/06/1992North East Milton KeynesSigned
James Clappison11/06/1992HertsmereSigned
Michael Colvin11/06/1992Romsey and WatersideSigned
David Congdon11/06/1992Croydon North EastSigned
Alan Duncan11/06/1992Rutland & MeltonSigned
Harold Elletson11/06/1992Blackpool NorthSigned
Nicholas Winterton15/06/1992MacclesfieldSigned
David Lidington16/06/1992AylesburySigned
William Powell17/06/1992CorbySigned
Alan Howarth18/06/1992Stratford-on-AvonSigned
Terry Dicks24/06/1992Hayes & HarlingtonSigned
Michael AncramUnknownWithdrawn

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