Participation Of Children And Young People In Schools

EDM number 467 in 2001-02, proposed by Jonathan Shaw on 22/11/2001.

That this House believes that school students have the right to be consulted on all matters affecting them and that meaningful involvement helps to prevent and combat disaffection and disruptive behaviour; and calls on the Government to translate its pledge in the Education White Paper to promote participation in schools into a new duty on local education authorities and governing bodies to give due regard to the views of children and young people in all matters affecting them in the forthcoming Education Bill.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.