ROYAL SOCIETY OF CHEMISTRY'S BILL BRYSON SCIENCE PRIZE (No. 2)

EDM number 2213 in 2007-08, proposed by Brian Iddon on 09/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Schools and Science.

That this House applauds the Royal Society of Chemistry for its commitment to encourage an interest in science among young people; applauds the efforts that are being made throughout the United Kingdom, especially by teachers in primary and secondary schools, to revitalise the science curriculum and to convey the excitement of science to pupils and students; notes that on 14th October the prestigious RSC Bill Bryson Science Prize will be presented by the celebrated author himself, together with the RSC President Professor Dave Garner FRSC FRS, to Kate Marks and Sophie Jarvis (primary school winners) of St Joseph's School Cornwall supported by their teacher Susan Marks, to Thomas Williams (secondary school winner) of St Gregory's Catholic High School Warrington supported by his teacher Mr Abram, and to Emily Bullman (overall winner) of Walthamstow Hall School in Kent supported by her teacher Dr Susan Wilkinson; further applauds the students' outstanding entries in the RSC Bill Bryson science competition; and further notes the unrivalled contribution that the study of chemistry and the chemical sciences have made and continue to make to the understanding of nature, to the quality of life, and to the knowledge economy of the 21st century.

This motion has been signed by a total of 57 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Iddon	09/10/2008	Bolton South East	Labour	Proposed
Michael Fallon	09/10/2008	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Seconded
Daniel Rogerson	09/10/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Helen Southworth	09/10/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Seconded
Phil Willis	09/10/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Lancaster	09/10/2008	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Seconded
Linda Gilroy	09/10/2008	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	09/10/2008	Selby	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	09/10/2008	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Ian Stewart	09/10/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	09/10/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Roberta Blackman-Woods	09/10/2008	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Robert Wilson	09/10/2008	Reading East	Conservative	Signed
Willie Rennie	09/10/2008	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	09/10/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	09/10/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	09/10/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/10/2008	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	09/10/2008	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/10/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	09/10/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	09/10/2008	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	09/10/2008	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/10/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/10/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	13/10/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	13/10/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/10/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/10/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	14/10/2008	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	14/10/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	14/10/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	14/10/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	14/10/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	14/10/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/10/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	15/10/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	15/10/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	15/10/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	15/10/2008	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Battle	16/10/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	16/10/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	16/10/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	16/10/2008	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/10/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	20/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Betty Williams	20/10/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	21/10/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	22/10/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	22/10/2008	North Down	UUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/10/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	23/10/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	23/10/2008	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	29/10/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/10/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	03/11/2008	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	06/11/2008	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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