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Deaf Children And Education

EDM number 495 in 2004-05, proposed by Malcolm Bruce on 12/01/2005.

That this House expresses concern that the Joint Council on Qualifications has removed the exemption from the 20 per cent. oral part of GCSE English examination for deaf students in England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland who use sign language, after little consultation with specialist organisations and without announcement; notes that sign language cannot be used in the oral assessments within entry level qualifications and that the facility to use an oral communicator has been withdrawn in examinations for deaf students who use an oral/aural approach, meaning that children whose first language is sign language will immediately risk losing 20 per cent. of their marks; further notes that children who use the oral/aural approach will lose access to communication support which is in place to ensure pupils' individual needs are met and not disadvantaged by their hearing impairment; regrets that these changes have been introduced with little understanding of the impact they will have for deaf and hard of hearing young people; and believes that these changes will disadvantage deaf and hard of hearing young people taking their examinations from this May onwards.

This motion has been signed by a total of 102 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Malcolm Bruce12/01/2005GordonLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Pike12/01/2005BurnleyLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing12/01/2005PerthScottish National PartySigned
James Gray12/01/2005North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Gordon Prentice13/01/2005PendleLabourSigned
Syd Rapson13/01/2005Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Martin Smyth13/01/2005Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Bob Spink13/01/2005Castle PointConservativeSigned
Paul Holmes13/01/2005ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Lazarowicz13/01/2005Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tim Loughton13/01/2005East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Alan Meale13/01/2005MansfieldLabourSigned
Tony Colman13/01/2005PutneyLabourSigned
Tom Cox13/01/2005TootingLabourSigned
Ann Cryer13/01/2005KeighleyLabourSigned
John Cryer13/01/2005HornchurchLabourSigned
Janet Dean13/01/2005BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin13/01/2005Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew George13/01/2005St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths13/01/2005BridgendLabourSigned
Harry Barnes13/01/2005North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Roy Beggs13/01/2005East AntrimUUPSigned
David Taylor13/01/2005North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Paul Tyler13/01/2005North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Weir13/01/2005AngusScottish National PartySigned
Adam Price17/01/2005Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Russell17/01/2005ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson17/01/2005Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Paul Marsden17/01/2005Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell17/01/2005Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/01/2005Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bottomley17/01/2005Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Andrew Stunell17/01/2005Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Thomas17/01/2005CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Jenny Tonge17/01/2005Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis17/01/2005Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Betty Williams17/01/2005ConwyLabourSigned
Vincent Cable18/01/2005TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell18/01/2005East LondonderryDUPSigned
Martin Caton18/01/2005GowerLabourSigned
Sue Doughty18/01/2005GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Huw Edwards18/01/2005MonmouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington18/01/2005Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Paul Goodman18/01/2005WycombeConservativeSigned
Harold Best18/01/2005Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton18/01/2005MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
John Pugh19/01/2005SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Marion Roe19/01/2005BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Lindsay Hoyle19/01/2005ChorleyLabourSigned
Nigel Jones19/01/2005CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke19/01/2005Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell19/01/2005Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman19/01/2005Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Derek Conway19/01/2005Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Ross Cranston19/01/2005Dudley NorthLabourSigned
David Drew19/01/2005StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Clive Betts19/01/2005Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Marsha Singh20/01/2005Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Heyes20/01/2005Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Tom Brake20/01/2005Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore20/01/2005HendonLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson20/01/2005Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Paul Flynn20/01/2005Newport WestLabourSigned
Parmjit Gill20/01/2005Leicester SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Turner20/01/2005Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Richard Younger-Ross20/01/2005TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson24/01/2005Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Alice Mahon24/01/2005HalifaxLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham24/01/2005Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds24/01/2005Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Adrian Bailey24/01/2005West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Roger Berry24/01/2005KingswoodLabourSigned
Teddy Taylor24/01/2005Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
John Thurso24/01/2005Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Julian Lewis25/01/2005New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Robert Walter25/01/2005North DorsetConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson25/01/2005UpminsterConservativeSigned
Edward Davey26/01/2005Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alex Salmond27/01/2005Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Tom Clarke27/01/2005Coatbridge & ChrystonLabourSigned
David Crausby27/01/2005Bolton North EastLabourSigned
John Battle27/01/2005Leeds WestLabourSigned
John Robertson31/01/2005Glasgow, AnnieslandLabourSigned
Nick Harvey31/01/2005North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Francis31/01/2005AberavonLabourSigned
Llew Smith01/02/2005Blaenau GwentLabourSigned
Simon Hughes03/02/2005North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley03/02/2005Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara03/02/2005Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Nick Brown03/02/2005Newcastle upon Tyne East & WallsendLabourSigned
John Austin03/02/2005Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Valerie Davey07/02/2005Bristol WestLabourSigned
Julie Morgan10/02/2005Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Keith Bradley22/02/2005Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Joe Benton24/02/2005BootleLabourSigned
Tony McWalter25/02/2005Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Hunter01/03/2005BasingstokeDUPSigned
John Barrett01/03/2005Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Anthony D Wright02/03/2005Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn09/03/2005JarrowLabourSigned
Tony Clarke10/03/2005Northampton SouthLabourSigned
John Wilkinson14/03/2005Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned

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