A-Level Polish

EDM number 675 in 1997-98, proposed by Tom Levitt on 22/01/1998.

That this House notes that approximately 100 students per year are entered for the A-level examination in Polish; notes also that all entries in recent years have been via a single examination board, namely Edexcel (University of London); feels that it should be the right of all citizens to be able to study and gain qualifications in the language of their birth, culture or heritage, or to study a language for vocational or non-vocational purposes; feels also that in the light of the future enlargement of the European Union, Polish is likely to become a more important tool in the language of international trade and relations; notes that Edexcel is currently reviewing its provision of A-level Polish with a view to discontinuing the service; and calls upon the Government to urge Edexcel to continue to provide an annual A-level Polish examination and to discuss with them ways in which such provision can be maintained in future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 142 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tom Levitt	22/01/1998	High Peak	Labour	Proposed
Stephen Pound	22/01/1998	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	22/01/1998	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Martin Bell	22/01/1998	Tatton	Independent	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/01/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	23/01/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/01/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	26/01/1998	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Ashok Kumar	26/01/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/01/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	27/01/1998	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	28/01/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	28/01/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	28/01/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	28/01/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	28/01/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Cummings	30/01/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	30/01/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	02/02/1998	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Denis MacShane	02/02/1998	Rotherham	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/02/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	04/02/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Eric Pickles	04/02/1998	Brentwood & Ongar	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Turner	05/02/1998	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mark Todd	05/02/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	05/02/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	05/02/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	05/02/1998	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
John Marek	05/02/1998	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	05/02/1998	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Tom Pendry	05/02/1998	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	06/02/1998	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
John McDonnell	06/02/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	06/02/1998	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	09/02/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	09/02/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	09/02/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	09/02/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	09/02/1998	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	09/02/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Teddy Taylor	09/02/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Peter Temple-Morris	09/02/1998	Leominster	Independent Conservative	Signed
Gareth Thomas	09/02/1998	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	09/02/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Michael Wills	09/02/1998	North Swindon	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	09/02/1998	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	09/02/1998	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Terry Davis	09/02/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	09/02/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	09/02/1998	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	09/02/1998	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	09/02/1998	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	09/02/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	09/02/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	09/02/1998	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/02/1998	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	09/02/1998	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Tony McNulty	09/02/1998	Harrow East	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	09/02/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	09/02/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/02/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/02/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	10/02/1998	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Crispin Blunt	10/02/1998	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Twigg	10/02/1998	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	10/02/1998	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	10/02/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	10/02/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	10/02/1998	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	10/02/1998	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/02/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	10/02/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Randall	10/02/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Diana Organ	11/02/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	11/02/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Howard Flight	11/02/1998	Arundel & South Downs	Conservative	Signed
Joe Ashton	11/02/1998	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Phil Woolas	11/02/1998	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	11/02/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	11/02/1998	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	11/02/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Christopher Leslie	11/02/1998	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	11/02/1998	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Phil Sawford	11/02/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	12/02/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	12/02/1998	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Linda Gilroy	12/02/1998	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Amess	12/02/1998	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/02/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gareth Thomas	12/02/1998	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	12/02/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	12/02/1998	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Martin O'Neill	12/02/1998	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	12/02/1998	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Ernie Ross	12/02/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	12/02/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	12/02/1998	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Jones	12/02/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	12/02/1998	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Kevin McNamara	12/02/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	16/02/1998	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/02/1998	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Denis Murphy	16/02/1998	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	16/02/1998	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Lansley	16/02/1998	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Beverley Hughes	16/02/1998	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	17/02/1998	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	17/02/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	17/02/1998	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ken Maginnis	17/02/1998	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
David Lepper	17/02/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	17/02/1998	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	18/02/1998	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/02/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Lock	19/02/1998	Wyre Forest	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	19/02/1998	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	19/02/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	19/02/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	23/02/1998	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	23/02/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Eagle	23/02/1998	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	24/02/1998	Erewash	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	24/02/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Southworth	24/02/1998	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	24/02/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	26/02/1998			Signed
Martyn Jones	27/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	03/03/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Seamus Mallon	06/03/1998	Newry & Armagh	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/03/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	18/03/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	18/03/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	30/03/1998	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	08/04/1998	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	08/04/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Allan Rogers	28/04/1998	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	29/04/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Geraint Davies	20/05/1998	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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