Sex Education In The Netherlands
EDM number 809 in 2002-03, proposed by Kerry Pollard on 04/03/2003.
That this House notes the publication of, Deconstructing The Dutch Utopia, by the Family Education Trust, a report produced by Dr Joost van Loon, a Dutch sociologist and Reader in Social Theory at Nottingham Trent University; notes the difference in teenage pregnancy rates, with England and Wales experiencing four times the level of The Netherlands; further notes van Loon's conclusions that claims that this results from more open attitudes to sex and earlier explicit sex education are without foundation and that his research involved detailed examinations of a selection of primary and secondary schools where it was found that, contrary to claims made by UK family planning agencies, sex education is not more explicit and neither does it start at younger ages than in Britain; further notes that in sex education Dutch parents and school governors are given more control over what is taught; further notes that family links in The Netherlands are far stronger, with British children five times more likely to live in households headed by lone parents; notes that teenage extra-marital sex and pregnancy are socially frowned upon and that welfare benefits for teenage mothers are low; concludes that, whether or not one agrees with the latter policy, the Dutch Utopia is non-existent and, bearing in mind the increasing rates of teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases in Britain, calls on the Government to honour its pledge to promote sexual abstinence among the young and to do more to strengthen the role of the family.
This motion has been signed by a total of 16 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Kerry Pollard | 04/03/2003 | St Albans | Labour | Proposed |
Jim Dobbin | 04/03/2003 | Heywood & Middleton | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Joe Benton | 04/03/2003 | Bootle | Labour | Signed |
Ann Widdecombe | 04/03/2003 | Maidstone & The Weald | Conservative | Signed |
Ann Winterton | 04/03/2003 | Congleton | Conservative | Signed |
Bob Spink | 05/03/2003 | Castle Point | Conservative | Signed |
David Taylor | 05/03/2003 | North West Leicestershire | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Martin Smyth | 06/03/2003 | Belfast South | UUP | Signed |
David Drew | 06/03/2003 | Stroud | Labour Co-operative | Signed |
Harold Best | 06/03/2003 | Leeds North West | Labour | Signed |
John Horam | 12/03/2003 | Orpington | Conservative | Signed |
Andrew Rosindell | 13/03/2003 | Romford | Conservative | Signed |
Kevin McNamara | 13/03/2003 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
Andrew Selous | 19/03/2003 | South West Bedfordshire | Conservative | Signed |
Keith Simpson | 14/05/2003 | Mid Norfolk | Conservative | Signed |
Humfrey Malins | 21/05/2003 | Woking | Conservative | Signed |
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