Vocational Qualifications Day (EDM943)

Vocational Qualifications Day

EDM number 943 in 2008-09, proposed by Gordon Marsden on 02/03/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Training.

That this House welcomes the second annual Vocational Qualifications (VQ) Day on 24 June 2009 to celebrate vocational achievement and the many paths to success available to United Kingdom learners; congratulates Edge, the education foundation and the wider vocational qualifications community on this initiative; recognises the value that vocational qualifications bring to United Kingdom businesses, particularly in the current economic climate and the need for re-skilling to assist eventual recovery; and welcomes the fact that VQ Day acknowledges the efforts and hard work of millions of learners of all ages with the national recognition and celebration they deserve.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Gordon Marsden	02/03/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Proposed
Barry Sheerman	02/03/2009	Huddersfield	Labour	Seconded
David Willetts	02/03/2009	Havant	Conservative	Seconded
Judy Mallaber	02/03/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Seconded
Stephen Williams	02/03/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	02/03/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	03/03/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	03/03/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	03/03/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	03/03/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	03/03/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	03/03/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Laura Moffatt	03/03/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	03/03/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	03/03/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/03/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	03/03/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Brady	04/03/2009	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	04/03/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	04/03/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	04/03/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Boswell	04/03/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
David Evennett	04/03/2009			Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	04/03/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/03/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/03/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/03/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	04/03/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/03/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	04/03/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/03/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	04/03/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	04/03/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
David Clelland	04/03/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	05/03/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	05/03/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
David Chaytor	05/03/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
John Mann	05/03/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	06/03/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	09/03/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/03/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Slaughter	09/03/2009	Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush	Labour	Signed
Greg Hands	09/03/2009	Hammersmith and Fulham	Conservative	Signed
David Anderson	09/03/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	09/03/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/03/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	09/03/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	09/03/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/03/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/03/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/03/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew Miller	10/03/2009	Ellesmere Port and Neston	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	10/03/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/03/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
John Leech	10/03/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	10/03/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Baldry	11/03/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Roy	11/03/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/03/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	11/03/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	11/03/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	11/03/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	13/03/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	13/03/2009	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Desmond Turner	16/03/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	23/03/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	23/03/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Ian Stewart	27/03/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	22/04/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/04/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	07/05/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	08/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	08/06/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	12/10/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Kidney	Unknown			Withdrawn

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