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<id>21273</id>
<session>2001-02</session>
<number>481</number>
<title>Future Of The 11 Plus In England And Northern Ireland</title>
<proposer id="10100">David Chaytor</proposer>
<date>2001-11-27</date>
<text>That this House welcomes the publication by the Northern Ireland Assembly of the Burns Report, including the recommendation that the 11 plus examination be abolished in Northern Ireland; further welcomes the publication by the Department for Education and Skills of 'Delivering Results; A Strategy to 2006', and its commitment to a society that is 'inclusive; creating opportunities and removing barriers to ensure that everyone can fulfil their potential'; notes that the Government's current consultation document on school admissions procedures makes no proposals in respect of selective admissions systems; further notes the continuation of selective systems, in part or totally, in at least 36 English local education authorities; recognises that the overwhelming majority of local education authorities and individual schools have, over more than a quarter of a century, rejected selection by ability as a basis for establishing equality of educational opportunity; is concerned about the relationship between segregated systems of secondary schooling and levels of social exclusion and instability; and therefore calls on the Government to review the legislation governing selective admissions systems.</text>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10100">David Chaytor</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Bury North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10156">Valerie Davey</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10347">Stephen Ladyman</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Thanet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10968">Paul Holmes</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesterfield</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10481">Kerry Pollard</mp>
		<date>2001-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11323">Hywel Williams</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10407">Alice Mahon</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11170">Adam Price</mp>
		<date>2001-11-28</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carmarthen East &amp; Dinefwr</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10675">Simon Thomas</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ceredigion</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10246">Win Griffiths</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bridgend</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10226">Ian Gibson</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Norwich North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10157">Ian Davidson</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Pollok</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10367">Tony Lloyd</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10487">Gordon Prentice</mp>
		<date>2001-11-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pendle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2001-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>2001-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2001-11-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>2001-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2001-12-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10163">Terry Davis</mp>
		<date>2001-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Hodge Hill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10776">Patsy Calton</mp>
		<date>2001-12-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheadle</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10244">Jane Griffiths</mp>
		<date>2001-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10207">Derek Foster</mp>
		<date>2001-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bishop Auckland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>2001-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10060">Peter Bradley</mp>
		<date>2001-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wrekin, The</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11076">Ann McKechin</mp>
		<date>2001-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Maryhill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>2001-12-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10178">Julia Drown</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Swindon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10120">Ann Clwyd</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cynon Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10451">Chris Mullin</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mansfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10530">Phil Sawford</mp>
		<date>2001-12-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kettering</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>2001-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>2001-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10088">Menzies Campbell</mp>
		<date>2001-12-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Fife North East</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11340">David Wright</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Telford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10650">Mike Wood</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Batley &amp; Spen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10039">Joe Benton</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bootle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10497">Syd Rapson</mp>
		<date>2001-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>2002-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10038">Andrew Bennett</mp>
		<date>2002-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Denton &amp; Reddish</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>2002-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10619">Joan Walley</mp>
		<date>2002-01-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stoke-on-Trent North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11057">Ian Lucas</mp>
		<date>2002-01-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wrexham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10404">John McWilliam</mp>
		<date>2002-01-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blaydon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10044">Harold Best</mp>
		<date>2002-01-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10419">Robert Marshall-Andrews</mp>
		<date>2002-01-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Medway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date>2002-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worsley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10753">Kevin Brennan</mp>
		<date>2002-01-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10208">Don Foster</mp>
		<date>2002-01-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bath</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10790">Colin Challen</mp>
		<date>2002-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morley &amp; Rothwell</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>2002-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10008">Graham Allen</mp>
		<date>2002-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10150">Claire Curtis-Thomas</mp>
		<date>2002-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crosby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>2002-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2002-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>2002-01-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10476">Linda Perham</mp>
		<date>2002-01-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11345">Richard Younger-Ross</mp>
		<date>2002-01-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10922">Matthew Green</mp>
		<date>2002-02-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ludlow</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11346">Chris Mole</mp>
		<date>2002-03-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ipswich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10254">Patrick Hall</mp>
		<date>2002-03-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bedford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
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