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Open Eye Campaign For Open Early Years Education

EDM number 1031 in 2007-08, proposed by Annette Brooke on 25/02/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Pre-school education.

That this House notes the concern of academics, practitioners and members of the public over the prescriptive nature of the Learning and Development Requirements of the Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) legislation which comes into force in September this year; further notes the questions raised by the Open EYE campaign over the extensively prescriptive nature of the literacy goals set by the Government and whether the kind of cognitive learning set out in the EYFS framework is developmentally appropriate for all young children; further notes that children must be provided with a solid foundation in socialisation, listening and speaking skills, and fine motor skills before proceeding to the demands of reading and writing; draws attention to the fact that authentic play is vital to the development of emotional and cognitive intelligence and typically reaches its peak between children's fourth and fifth birthdays; further notes the concern expressed by the Open EYE campaign that this important characteristic of early childhood could be seriously hindered by the nature of the EYFS targets; and urges the Government to consider an independent review of the framework, and the EYFS, for all settings.

This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Annette Brooke25/02/2008Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratProposed
David Drew25/02/2008StroudLabourSeconded
Peter Bottomley26/02/2008Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Andrew Dismore26/02/2008HendonLabourSeconded
Gregory Campbell26/02/2008East LondonderryDUPSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn26/02/2008Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Lynne Jones26/02/2008Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/02/2008KeighleyLabourSigned
Hywel Francis26/02/2008AberavonLabourSigned
Stephen Williams26/02/2008Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd27/02/2008Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Hunter27/02/2008CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Greg Mulholland27/02/2008Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron27/02/2008Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis27/02/2008Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Mike Hancock27/02/2008Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea27/02/2008South AntrimDUPSigned
David Simpson27/02/2008Upper BannDUPSigned
Bob Russell28/02/2008ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson28/02/2008Norwich NorthLabourSigned
David Laws29/02/2008YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan03/03/2008FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Leech03/03/2008Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook03/03/2008Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Anne Moffat04/03/2008East LothianLabourSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2008Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch04/03/2008HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Luff04/03/2008Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Clive Efford04/03/2008ElthamLabourSigned
Clare Short05/03/2008Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Harry Cohen05/03/2008Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Susan Kramer06/03/2008Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynda Waltho06/03/2008StourbridgeLabourSigned
Ian Taylor07/03/2008Esher and WaltonConservativeSigned
Eddie McGrady10/03/2008South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Simon Hughes11/03/2008North Southwark and BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington11/03/2008Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Linda Riordan11/03/2008HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Williams11/03/2008CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Havard12/03/2008Merthyr Tydfil and RhymneyLabourSigned
Paul Holmes12/03/2008ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis12/03/2008Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Benyon13/03/2008NewburyConservativeSigned
Tom Brake18/03/2008Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross18/03/2008TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott18/03/2008Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
David Taylor18/03/2008North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell19/03/2008North East FifeLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh20/03/2008Bradford WestLabourSigned
Norman Lamb20/03/2008North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt20/03/2008SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster25/03/2008BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb25/03/2008NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey27/03/2008North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jo Swinson27/03/2008East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable31/03/2008TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris31/03/2008Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell03/04/2008Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George21/04/2008St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone21/04/2008Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley25/04/2008RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Baker28/04/2008LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson29/04/2008StrangfordDUPSigned
Alan Beith29/04/2008Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood29/04/2008CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Bruce30/04/2008GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams01/05/2008Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed06/05/2008South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Meacher07/05/2008Oldham West and RoytonLabourSigned
Sarah Teather15/05/2008Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming02/06/2008Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Smith03/06/2008West Aberdeenshire and KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Browne05/06/2008TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dan Rogerson05/06/2008North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott06/06/2008Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Huhne09/06/2008EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Soulsby10/06/2008Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Martin Linton18/06/2008BatterseaLabourSigned
Frank Dobson19/06/2008Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Robert Key24/06/2008SalisburyConservativeSigned
Michael Mates25/06/2008East HampshireConservativeSigned
Robert Walter30/06/2008North DorsetConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton30/06/2008CongletonConservativeSigned
Charles Kennedy08/07/2008Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady22/07/2008Altrincham and Sale WestConservativeSigned
John Barrett04/11/2008Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned

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