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Official Labour Party Education Policy And The Hon Member For Sedgefield

EDM number 1367 in 1993-94, proposed by David Shaw on 21/06/1994.

That this House welcomes the interest shown by the honourable Member for Sedgefield in sending a member of his family to a grant maintained school; notes that the Oratory RC School in Fulham was one of the first to opt out of local authority control in 1989; further notes the clear statement of official Labour Party policy by the honourable Member for Dewsbury at the 1992 Labour Party Conference that 'We oppose opt-out in principle because it is wrong. It is wrong in principle to set school against school. It is wrong in principle to introduce selection by the back door. It is wrong in principle for a group of parents to be able to hijack a school'; and congratulates the honourable Member for Sedgefield for displaying courage in placing the interests of his family's education over the narrow-minded dogma of Labour's education policy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 11 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Shaw21/06/1994DoverProposed
Harold Elletson21/06/1994Blackpool NorthSigned
Matthew Banks21/06/1994SouthportSigned
John Sykes21/06/1994ScarboroughSigned
John Whittingdale21/06/1994Colchester South and MaldonSigned
Nick Hawkins22/06/1994Blackpool SouthSigned
Patrick Nicholls27/06/1994TeignbridgeSigned
David Evans27/06/1994Welwyn HatfieldSigned
John Greenway27/06/1994RyedaleSigned
William Powell29/06/1994CorbySigned
Jonathan EvansUnknownWithdrawn

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