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Vardy Foundation

EDM number 1124 in 2002-03, proposed by Jenny Tonge on 01/05/2003.

That this House notes that the Vardy Foundation is already being subsidised to run independent schools in Gateshead and Middlesbrough at 100 per cent. public expense (after an initial contribution from the sponsor towards capital costs); further notes that it is seeking to set up similar publically funded academies in Doncaster, Leeds, Newcastle, Sunderland and Hull; and calls on the Secretary of State for Education to decline to enter any further agreements with the Vardy Foundation or similar would-be sponsors in respect of new academies unless the sponsors undertake not to operate discriminatory policies and practices and to confine the teaching of creationism to religious education classes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jenny Tonge01/05/2003Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratProposed
Paul Holmes06/05/2003ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones06/05/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn06/05/2003Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer06/05/2003KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock06/05/2003Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch07/05/2003HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden07/05/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn08/05/2003Newport WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/05/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson08/05/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Rob Marris12/05/2003Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Tom Brake13/05/2003Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Savidge15/05/2003Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis20/05/2003Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nigel Jones22/05/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Doug Naysmith22/05/2003Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Neil Gerrard22/05/2003WalthamstowLabourSigned
Alice Mahon03/06/2003HalifaxLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor03/06/2003Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best03/06/2003Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Roger Berry03/06/2003KingswoodLabourSigned
Jon Owen Jones04/06/2003Cardiff CentralLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Chidgey04/06/2003EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Davidson04/06/2003Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Colin Pickthall05/06/2003West LancashireLabourSigned
Phil Sawford09/06/2003KetteringLabourSigned
Sue Doughty09/06/2003GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Allen09/06/2003Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Mike Wood10/06/2003Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Phil Willis12/06/2003Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel17/06/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Challen25/06/2003Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Paul Burstow15/07/2003Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyn Prosser08/09/2003DoverLabourSigned
Patsy Calton09/09/2003CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned

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