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Adult Education

EDM number 874 in 2016-17, proposed by David Lammy on 23/01/2017.
Categorised under the topic of Adult education.

That this House recognises the valuable role that adult education plays and the positive impact it has on individuals, the economy and society; notes with concern that funding for adult education was cut by 40 per cent in real terms between 2010 and 2015; further notes with concern that the number of adult learners fell by 10.8 per cent between 2014 and 2015; notes with concern that the number of adults achieving Level 4 or above qualifications fell by 75 per cent from 2013 to 2015; notes with regret that while this House has discussed education on over 300 occasions since 2010 very little parliamentary time has been dedicated to debating adult education; believes that addressing the UK's skills gap requires investment in adult education to enable adults to retrain throughout their lives; further believes that in the context of an ageing society and a modern economy in which people are more likely to change jobs and careers this is an issue that requires urgent attention; therefore calls on the Government to publish its new approach to lifetime learning as promised in its Post-16 Skills Plan; and calls on the Government to invest in adult education to create an adult education system that is fit to meet the challenges of the modern economy and equip people with the skills that they need.

This motion has been signed by a total of 46 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Lammy23/01/2017TottenhamLabourProposed
Kate Green23/01/2017Stretford and UrmstonLabourSeconded
Neil Coyle23/01/2017Bermondsey and Old SouthwarkLabourSeconded
Ruth Smeeth23/01/2017Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSeconded
Kate Hollern23/01/2017BlackburnLabourSeconded
Ronnie Campbell23/01/2017Blyth ValleyLabourSeconded
Rosie Winterton23/01/2017Doncaster CentralLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner23/01/2017BolsoverLabourSigned
Tom Brake23/01/2017Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ryan23/01/2017Signed
Roger Godsiff23/01/2017Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Grahame Morris23/01/2017EasingtonLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey23/01/2017West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
Virendra Sharma23/01/2017Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Caroline Lucas24/01/2017Brighton, PavilionGreenSigned
Liz Saville Roberts24/01/2017Dwyfor MeirionnyddPlaid CymruSigned
Clive Betts24/01/2017Sheffield South EastLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins24/01/2017Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jim Shannon24/01/2017StrangfordDUPSigned
Wes Streeting24/01/2017Ilford NorthLabourSigned
George Howarth24/01/2017KnowsleyLabourSigned
Yvonne Fovargue24/01/2017MakerfieldLabourSigned
Paul Flynn24/01/2017Newport WestLabourSigned
Vernon Coaker24/01/2017GedlingLabourSigned
Catherine McKinnell24/01/2017Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Marie Rimmer24/01/2017St Helens South and WhistonLabourSigned
Helen Hayes24/01/2017Dulwich and West NorwoodLabourSigned
Mike Gapes25/01/2017Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell25/01/2017Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Holly Walker-Lynch25/01/2017HalifaxLabourSigned
Margaret Hodge25/01/2017BarkingLabourSigned
John McNally25/01/2017FalkirkScottish National PartySigned
Ian Mearns26/01/2017GatesheadLabourSigned
Stephen Timms27/01/2017East HamLabourSigned
Keith Vaz27/01/2017Leicester EastLabourSigned
Conor McGinn30/01/2017St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Alan Johnson30/01/2017Kingston upon Hull West and HessleLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis30/01/2017Bury SouthLabourSigned
Alan Meale30/01/2017MansfieldLabourSigned
Rosie Cooper30/01/2017West LancashireLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham31/01/2017Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Albert Owen31/01/2017Ynys MLabourSigned
Nigel Dodds02/02/2017Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Harriet Harman08/02/2017Camberwell and PeckhamLabourSigned
David Crausby22/02/2017Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Rachael Maskell30/03/2017York CentralLabour/Co-operativeSigned

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