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Accord Coalition

EDM number 530 in 2008-09, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 21/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Schools.

That this House supports Accord, the national coalition that unites religious and non-religious individuals and organisations campaigning for inclusive schools; believes that all state schools should be open to children and teachers of all backgrounds and beliefs; is concerned that current legislation permits schools with a religious character to discriminate against staff and students on the basis of their religion or belief and to teach a partial religious education curriculum; calls for religious education to be objective, balanced and fair; welcomes the positive approach taken by Accord and the breadth of its membership; and urges the Government to remove exemptions from equalities legislation for state-funded religious schools.

This motion has been signed by a total of 47 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ashok Kumar21/01/2009Middlesbrough South and East ClevelandLabourProposed
Andrew George21/01/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley21/01/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Rudi Vis22/01/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSeconded
Evan Harris22/01/2009Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Paul Holmes22/01/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ann Cryer26/01/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock26/01/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/01/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Colin Challen26/01/2009Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Lynne Jones26/01/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/01/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders26/01/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Bob Russell27/01/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson27/01/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson27/01/2009Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Tom Levitt27/01/2009High PeakLabourSigned
John McDonnell27/01/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Martin Caton27/01/2009GowerLabourSigned
John Leech28/01/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley02/02/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Doran02/02/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Peter Kilfoyle02/02/2009Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
John Cummings02/02/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
David Chaytor03/02/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Dari Taylor04/02/2009Stockton SouthLabourSigned
Ian Stewart05/02/2009EcclesLabourSigned
Tim Yeo05/02/2009South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Gordon Banks09/02/2009Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor09/02/2009Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley09/02/2009City of YorkLabourSigned
John Austin09/02/2009Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Frank Dobson09/02/2009Holborn and St PancrasLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/02/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Bob Laxton09/02/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Richard Younger-Ross10/02/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor11/02/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Sarah Teather23/02/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth24/02/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Dowd26/02/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Diane Abbott02/03/2009Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Lynne Featherstone03/03/2009Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy06/03/2009Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham20/04/2009Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
George Howarth20/05/2009Knowsley North and Sefton EastLabourSigned
John HeppellUnknownWithdrawn
Ian GibsonUnknownWithdrawn

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