Religious Education

EDM number 1758 in 2008-09, proposed by Ashok Kumar on 29/06/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Religion and faith communities and Schools.

That this House believes that fair and balanced education about religious and non-religious beliefs should be a part of the school curriculum and that it is important that such a subject be broad, objective and balanced; notes that the new draft guidance on religious education (RE) published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families contributes little to the evolution of the subject and fails to address any of the concerns surrounding the subject of RE; further believes that the current statute law on religious education is no longer fit for purpose in terms of the content and the mechanism of deciding on syllabuses it prescribes; and calls on the Government to commission a Government or independent review of the primary legislation on RE with a view to reforming the law on RE.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Ashok Kumar	29/06/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Proposed
Lynne Jones	29/06/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Paul Holmes	30/06/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	01/07/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	01/07/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	01/07/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Colin Challen	02/07/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	03/07/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	07/07/2009			Signed
Tom Levitt	08/07/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	08/07/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bill Etherington	08/07/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	14/07/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	14/07/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/07/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	20/07/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	20/07/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	21/07/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	21/07/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	21/07/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Lembit	14/10/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	09/11/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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