Educational Underachievement In Coalfield Communities (EDM738)

Educational Underachievement In Coalfield Communities

EDM number 738 in 2001-02, proposed by Adam Price on 28/01/2002.

That this House notes with deep concern the evidence that young people in current and former coal mining areas, in Wales, Scotland and England are seriously underachieving at school; further notes with alarm that the gap between educational attainment in the coalfields and the UK-wide average is substantial, with the disparity in attainment increasing with age; recognises that below average levels of educational attainment are a key problem facing the regeneration of the coalfield communities; calls on the Government to adopt the same targeted approach to tackling educational underachievement in coalfield communities as in urban areas; and further calls on the Government to convene a joint ministerial summit on the issue with the devolved administrations of Scotland and Wales.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Adam Price	28/01/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Proposed
Paul Holmes	29/01/2002	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/01/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/01/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/01/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	29/01/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	29/01/2002	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	30/01/2002	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	30/01/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	30/01/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	30/01/2002	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	31/01/2002	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	31/01/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	31/01/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	31/01/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Davidson	31/01/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	31/01/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Mann	31/01/2002	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	04/02/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	04/02/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Taylor	05/02/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jimmy Wray	05/02/2002	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	06/02/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	07/02/2002	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Mark Todd	07/02/2002	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jon Trickett	11/02/2002	Hemsworth	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	13/02/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	14/02/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/03/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	13/03/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed

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