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EDM number 238 in 2001-02, proposed by Alice Mahon on 15/10/2001.

That this House opposes the increase in segregated faith schools as outlined in the Education White Paper, Schools achieving success; notes that the White Paper says that church and other faith schools must be inclusive but that schools with a particular religious ethos cannot by their very nature be inclusive, because there is discrimination through selection with those of a particular faith being favoured over children who are not of that faith or indeed are atheist, that religious schools choose their children rather than the other way around, that an increase in religious schools may lead to less integration of communities, causing division; and being taught in a religious school is not necessarily a sound basis for living in a multi-cultural society; and further notes that events in Northern Ireland and also in Bradford indicate that we should be working for the greater integration rather than the division of our schools.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alice Mahon15/10/2001HalifaxLabourProposed
Terry Rooney15/10/2001Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore15/10/2001Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Alan Simpson15/10/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins15/10/2001Luton NorthLabourSigned
Paul Marsden15/10/2001Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Michael Clapham15/10/2001Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Ian Gibson15/10/2001Norwich NorthLabourSigned
John Austin15/10/2001Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg16/10/2001Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Harry Barnes16/10/2001North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd16/10/2001Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
John McDonnell16/10/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty16/10/2001Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence16/10/2001Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Lynne Jones16/10/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner16/10/2001BolsoverLabourSigned
Adam Price16/10/2001Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews16/10/2001MedwayLabourSigned
Martin Caton17/10/2001GowerLabourSigned
Tony Clarke17/10/2001Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/10/2001Islington NorthLabourSigned
Janet Dean17/10/2001BurtonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard17/10/2001WalthamstowLabourSigned
Alan Williams18/10/2001Swansea WestLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra18/10/2001Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths19/10/2001Reading EastLabourSigned
Colin Burgon22/10/2001ElmetLabourSigned
Eric Illsley24/10/2001Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Ann Cryer24/10/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge24/10/2001Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones25/10/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington26/10/2001Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock29/10/2001Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt30/10/2001Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Frank Dobson30/10/2001Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Michael Connarty30/10/2001Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Terry Lewis30/10/2001WorsleyLabourSigned
Martin O'Neill30/10/2001OchilLabourSigned
Oona King30/10/2001Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Phil Sawford31/10/2001KetteringLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones31/10/2001Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann McKechin31/10/2001Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Brian White31/10/2001North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Roger Berry01/11/2001KingswoodLabourSigned
Tony Wright01/11/2001Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Andrew Bennett01/11/2001Denton & ReddishLabourSigned
Jim Knight01/11/2001South DorsetLabourSigned
Paul Holmes01/11/2001ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Syd Rapson01/11/2001Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall02/11/2001West LancashireLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar05/11/2001Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Colin Challen05/11/2001Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Andrew George05/11/2001St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Begg05/11/2001Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
Diana Organ06/11/2001Forest of DeanLabourSigned
George Stevenson07/11/2001Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman07/11/2001Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Janet Anderson07/11/2001Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Ian Davidson09/11/2001Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Evan Harris12/11/2001Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Keen12/11/2001Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ken Purchase13/11/2001Wolverhampton North EastLabour/Co-operativeSigned
Jon Trickett14/11/2001HemsworthLabourSigned
Ann Keen28/11/2001Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe28/11/2001WellingboroughLabourSigned
Martin Salter03/12/2001Reading WestLabourSigned
Helen Jackson06/12/2001Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Betty Williams10/12/2001ConwyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell12/12/2001Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeff Ennis12/12/2001Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Phil Willis12/12/2001Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Morgan17/12/2001Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody08/01/2002Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Simon Hughes09/01/2002North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John McWilliam10/01/2002BlaydonLabourSigned
Richard Allan18/03/2002Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 27/06/2002MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Ray PowellUnknownWithdrawn

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