<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>28439</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>240</number>
<title>Grammar Schools In Northern Ireland</title>
<proposer id="10361">David Lidington</proposer>
<date>2005-05-26</date>
<text>That this House applauds the continuing excellence of the education system in Northern Ireland, which consistently produces higher academic standards than the rest of the United Kingdom; believes that this success is due in large part to the continued existence of the grammar school system; deplores the dogmatic determination of the Government and the former education ministers in Northern Ireland to abolish this system against the wishes of parents and teachers; and calls upon the Government and the next education minister in Northern Ireland to ensure that the present ethos, structure and standards of education in Northern Ireland are preserved.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10361">David Lidington</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Aylesbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10777">David Cameron</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Witney</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10505">Laurence Robertson</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Tewkesbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10172">Jeffrey M Donaldson</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Lagan Valley</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11245">Bob Spink</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10780">Gregory Campbell</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>East Londonderry</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10221">Edward Garnier</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harborough</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>2005-06-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11905">Edward Vaizey</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wantage</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10815">Derek Conway</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Old Bexley &amp; Sidcup</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11194">Iris Robinson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Strangford</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11773">Robert Wilson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reading East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11109">Patrick Mercer</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newark</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11216">Andrew Selous</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Bedfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10477">Eric Pickles</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentwood &amp; Ongar</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10660">John Randall</mp>
		<date>2005-06-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Uxbridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10857">Nigel Dodds</mp>
		<date>2005-06-14</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast North</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>2005-06-15</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11308">Angela Watkinson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Upminster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>2005-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10389">Anne McIntosh</mp>
		<date>2005-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of York</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10228">Cheryl Gillan</mp>
		<date>2005-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chesham &amp; Amersham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10257">Philip Hammond</mp>
		<date>2005-06-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Runnymede &amp; Weybridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10559">Caroline Spelman</mp>
		<date>2005-06-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meriden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11132">Andrew Murrison</mp>
		<date>2005-06-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11798">Anne Main</mp>
		<date>2005-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Albans</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10670">Stephen O'Brien</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eddisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11522">Andrew Pelling</mp>
		<date>2005-06-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon Central</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11265">Hugo Swire</mp>
		<date>2005-06-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11610">Greg Hands</mp>
		<date>2005-06-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10632">John Whittingdale</mp>
		<date>2005-07-05</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Maldon &amp; East Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10575">Gary Streeter</mp>
		<date>2005-07-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11318">Bill Wiggin</mp>
		<date>2005-07-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leominster</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10470">James Paice</mp>
		<date>2005-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11640">James Brokenshire</mp>
		<date>2005-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hornchurch</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11588">Mark Harper</mp>
		<date>2005-07-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Forest of Dean</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11599">Adam Holloway</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10726">Henry Bellingham</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10249">John Gummer</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Suffolk Coastal</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10289">John Horam</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orpington</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10265">John Hayes</mp>
		<date>2005-07-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Holland &amp; The Deepings</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10267">Oliver Heald</mp>
		<date>2006-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Hertfordshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10679">William McCrea</mp>
		<date>2006-01-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Antrim</constituency>
		<party>DUP</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
</edm>
