<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>12979</id>
<session>1995-96</session>
<number>715</number>
<title>Religious Education And Honourable Member For Bath</title>
<proposer id="22604">Malcolm Thornton</proposer>
<date>1996-04-02</date>
<text>That this House condemns the fierce and ill-considered attack on religious education by the honourable Member for Bath when, on behalf of the Liberal Democrats, he said that in an ideal world there would be no religious state schools and that his party would put a stop to daily acts of worship; and believes that the closure of all Anglican, Catholic and other religious schools would be an unmitigated disaster for both the culture and education system of the United Kingdom.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="22604">Malcolm Thornton</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Crosby</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="19738">Jacques Arnold</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17616">Michael Grylls</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Surrey North West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10009">David Amess</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basildon</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16454">Michael Alison</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Selby</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="19735">Richard Alexander</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newark</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22514">George Gardiner</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reigate</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Staffordshire Mid</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22119">Anthony Durant</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="19736">Robert Atkins</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Ribble</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10726">Henry Bellingham</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10624">Nigel Waterson</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22605">Bill Walker</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Tayside</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="19377">Ian Twinn</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="19341">Richard Tracey</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Surbiton</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10601">John Townend</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridlington</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="19290">Roy Thomason</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bromsgrove</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22601">Allan Stewart</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Renfrewshire East</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16616">Vivian Bendall</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10180">Iain Duncan Smith</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chingford</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="14987">Den Dover</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chorley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="17034">Simon Coombs</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Swindon</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10352">Edward Leigh</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gainsborough and Horncastle</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10336">Robert Key</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Salisbury</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10955">Charles Hendry</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>High Peak</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10264">Nick Hawkins</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21934">James Spicer</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Dorset</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10538">Michael Shersby</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Uxbridge</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22648">David Shaw</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dover</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10509">Marion Roe</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Broxbourne</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18926">Graham Riddick</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Colne Valley</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22654">Olga Maitland</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18318">Keith Mans</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wyre</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10127">Michael Colvin</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey and Waterside</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10119">Geoffrey Clifton-Brown</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cirencester and Tewkesbury</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16897">John Carlisle</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22649">Peter Butler</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Milton Keynes</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22577">Michael Brown</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brigg and Cleethorpes</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10456">Patrick Nicholls</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18586">Michael Neubert</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22674">John Marshall</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon South</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="18331">Paul Marland</mp>
		<date>1996-04-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gloucestershire West</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16431">John Hannam</mp>
		<date>1996-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Exeter</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22587">Harry Greenway</mp>
		<date>1996-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22584">Bob Dunn</mp>
		<date>1996-04-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dartford</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22625">William Powell</mp>
		<date>1996-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Corby</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21990">Tim Rathbone</mp>
		<date>1996-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="21734">David Knox</mp>
		<date>1996-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Staffordshire Moorlands</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>1996-04-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="16760">Rhodes Boyson</mp>
		<date>1996-04-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent North</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10263">Alan Haselhurst</mp>
		<date>1996-04-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Saffron Walden</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22183">Toby Jessel</mp>
		<date>1996-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="22346">Nicholas Baker</mp>
		<date>1996-04-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Dorset</constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
