Ofsted Report On Calderdale
EDM number 633 in 1996-97, proposed by Alice Mahon on 10/03/1997.
That this House totally rejects the Secretary of State for Education's claim that Calderdale Local Education Authority 'is failing to provide adequate support for its schools'; believes her cynical use of the OFSTED report is at complete odds with the conclusions in the report; condemns the way the Secretary of State slashed the timetable and manipulated the procedures for the political expediency; notes that Calderdale has only one failed school, as do 67 other local education authorities and that Norfolk has seven; further notes that Calderdale spends more money per pupils and has better GCSE results than most authorities in Yorkshire; deplores the part played in this piece of political chicanery by the Chief Inspector Chris Woodhead; believes he and this report have discredited OFSTED; and calls for his immediate resignation since such politically biased criticism without any evidence damages Calderdale, its children and the future prosperity of the area.
This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alice Mahon | 10/03/1997 | Halifax | Proposed | |
| Audrey Wise | 10/03/1997 | Preston | Signed | |
| Joan Walley | 10/03/1997 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Signed | |
| Harry Barnes | 10/03/1997 | North East Derbyshire | Signed | |
| Diane Abbott | 10/03/1997 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Signed | |
| Neil Gerrard | 10/03/1997 | Walthamstow | Signed | |
| Paul Flynn | 10/03/1997 | Newport West | Signed | |
| Ann Clwyd | 10/03/1997 | Cynon Valley | Signed | |
| Michael Clapham | 10/03/1997 | Barnsley West & Penistone | Signed | |
| Bill Olner | 10/03/1997 | Nuneaton | Signed | |
| Ken Purchase | 10/03/1997 | Wolverhampton North East | Signed | |
| Dennis Skinner | 10/03/1997 | Bolsover | Signed | |
| Nigel Spearing | 10/03/1997 | Newham South | Signed | |
| Peter Hardy | 10/03/1997 | Wentworth | Signed | |
| Eddie Loyden | 10/03/1997 | Liverpool, Garston | Signed | |
| Edward O'Hara | 10/03/1997 | Knowsley South | Signed | |
| Tony Banks | 11/03/1997 | Newham North West | Signed | |
| Norman Godman | 11/03/1997 | Greenock and Port Glasgow | Signed | |
| Tom Cox | 11/03/1997 | Tooting | Signed | |
| Keith Bradley | 11/03/1997 | Manchester, Withington | Signed | |
| William McKelvey | 11/03/1997 | Kilmarnock & Loudoun | Signed | |
| John McAllion | 11/03/1997 | Dundee East | Signed | |
| Lynne Jones | 11/03/1997 | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Signed | |
| Ernie Ross | 11/03/1997 | Dundee West | Signed | |
| Colin Pickthall | 11/03/1997 | West Lancashire | Signed | |
| Gerry Steinberg | 12/03/1997 | Durham, City of | Signed | |
| Maria Fyfe | 12/03/1997 | Glasgow, Maryhill | Signed | |
| John Evans | 12/03/1997 | St Helens North | Signed | |
| Jeff Ennis | 12/03/1997 | Barnsley East | Signed | |
| Bill Michie | 12/03/1997 | Sheffield, Heeley | Signed | |
| Ken Livingstone | 12/03/1997 | Brent East | Signed | |
| Terry Lewis | 12/03/1997 | Worsley | Signed | |
| Roy Hughes | 12/03/1997 | Newport East | Signed | |
| Hugh Bayley | 13/03/1997 | York, City of | Signed | |
| Helen Jackson | 13/03/1997 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Signed | |
| Eric Illsley | 13/03/1997 | Barnsley Central | Signed | |
| Martyn Jones | 18/03/1997 | Clwyd South West | Signed | |
| Mike Gapes | 19/03/1997 | Ilford South | Signed | |
| John Gunnell | 20/03/1997 | Leeds South and Morley | Signed | |
| Mike Hall | 20/03/1997 | Warrington South | Signed |
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