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EDM number 903 in 1999-00, proposed by Stephen Ladyman on 27/06/2000.

That this House notes that a study of cohorts of individuals with similar academic abilities, as determined by SATs at age 14, has established that students in comprehensive schools do as well or better than their academic counterparts at grammar schools, that the Minister for Education and Employment, Lords Official Report, 15th March, column 1546, has confirmed that the performance of the top 24 per cent. of students at comprehensive schools exceeds that of students at grammar schools and that despite this clear evidence that a comprehensive system of education achieves better education outcomes than selective education, there are several local education authorities that continue to select about a quarter of children for a grammar school education at age 11 and who do not offer any comprehensive alternative; further notes that the School Standards and Framework Act 1998, rightly made it possible for parents to call a ballot to address this issue but, in areas where there is a predominantly selective education system, the size and complexity of the trigger petition is a practical impossibility for volunteer workers; welcomes the Secretary of State's promise to review the rules governing the collection of a petition for a ballot on the future of selective education; and hopes that fairer and more practical arrangements can be put in place for the coming academic year.

This motion has been signed by a total of 49 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Ladyman27/06/2000South ThanetLabourProposed
Stephen Pound27/06/2000Ealing NorthLabourSigned
George Stevenson27/06/2000Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
David Borrow27/06/2000South RibbleLabourSigned
Harold Best27/06/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Hilary Benn27/06/2000Leeds CentralLabourSigned
David Chaytor27/06/2000Bury NorthLabourSigned
Martin Caton27/06/2000GowerLabourSigned
Bill Rammell27/06/2000HarlowLabourSigned
Derek Foster27/06/2000Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Bill Michie28/06/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
David Clark28/06/2000South ShieldsLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn28/06/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg28/06/2000Durham, City ofLabourSigned
David Taylor28/06/2000North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Heath29/06/2000Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Wyatt29/06/2000Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
John Cummings29/06/2000EasingtonLabourSigned
Tom Cox29/06/2000TootingLabourSigned
John McWilliam29/06/2000BlaydonLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore03/07/2000HendonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/07/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Harry Barnes05/07/2000North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Michael Clapham05/07/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews05/07/2000MedwayLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner05/07/2000BolsoverLabourSigned
Alice Mahon05/07/2000HalifaxLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe06/07/2000LeighLabourSigned
Ian Stewart06/07/2000EcclesLabourSigned
Keith Darvill07/07/2000UpminsterLabourSigned
Rudi Vis07/07/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara10/07/2000Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer10/07/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Terry Davis11/07/2000Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin11/07/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Harry Cohen12/07/2000Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Lynne Jones12/07/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Alan Simpson12/07/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins13/07/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
John Austin13/07/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Brian Iddon20/07/2000Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2000ElthamLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/07/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Tony Clarke27/07/2000Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Paul Tyler27/07/2000North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Savidge28/07/2000Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey28/07/2000Bristol WestLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay23/10/2000ThurrockLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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