Science Education In Schools
EDM number 243 in 2010-12, proposed by Julian Huppert on 16/06/2010.
Categorised under the topics of Schools and Science.
That this House notes the value and importance of science in the schools' curriculum; further notes the importance of the specific inclusion of evolution and natural selection in the schools' curriculum; regrets that evolution has been dropped from reforms to the primary school curriculum, along with other reforms proposed; further regrets the inclusion of creationist and other pseudo-scientific theories in the teaching of science in some schools; and urges the Government to ensure that all schools teach and promote science and the scientific method and to include the theory of evolution in the science curriculum at both primary and secondary levels.
This motion has been signed by a total of 105 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.
| MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
|---|
| Julian Huppert | 16/06/2010 | Cambridge | Liberal Democrat | Proposed |
| Peter Bottomley | 16/06/2010 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
| Andrew George | 16/06/2010 | St Ives | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| John Hemming | 17/06/2010 | Birmingham, Yardley | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Stephen Williams | 17/06/2010 | Bristol West | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Mike Hancock | 17/06/2010 | Portsmouth South | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
| Mike Gapes | 21/06/2010 | Ilford South | Labour | Signed |
| Jeremy Corbyn | 21/06/2010 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
| Annette Brooke | 21/06/2010 | Mid Dorset & North Poole | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Alan Keen | 22/06/2010 | Feltham & Heston | Labour | Signed |
| John Cryer | 22/06/2010 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
| Don Foster | 22/06/2010 | Bath | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Valerie Vaz | 23/06/2010 | Walsall South | Labour | Signed |
| Pat Glass | 23/06/2010 | North West Durham | Labour | Signed |
| Diane Abbott | 23/06/2010 | Hackney North & Stoke Newington | Labour | Signed |
| Kelvin Hopkins | 23/06/2010 | Luton North | Labour | Signed |
| Adrian Sanders | 23/06/2010 | Torbay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Bob Russell | 23/06/2010 | Colchester | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Andrew Miller | 24/06/2010 | Ellesmere Port & Neston | Labour | Signed |
| Caroline Lucas | 24/06/2010 | Brighton, Pavilion | Green | Signed |
| Simon Hughes | 24/06/2010 | North Southwark & Bermondsey | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Heidi Alexander | 28/06/2010 | Lewisham East | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Smith | 28/06/2010 | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Williams | 28/06/2010 | Brecon & Radnorshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Thurso | 28/06/2010 | Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Davis | 28/06/2010 | Haltemprice & Howden | Conservative | Signed |
| Vernon Coaker | 28/06/2010 | Gedling | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Bruce | 28/06/2010 | Gordon | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Chris Ruane | 28/06/2010 | Vale of Clwyd | Labour | Signed |
| Roger Godsiff | 29/06/2010 | Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath | Labour | Signed |
| Martin Caton | 29/06/2010 | Gower | Labour | Signed |
| John McDonnell | 29/06/2010 | Hayes & Harlington | Labour | Signed |
| Alasdair McDonnell | 29/06/2010 | Belfast South | Social Democratic and Labour Party | Signed |
| Christopher Leslie | 29/06/2010 | Nottingham East | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Lazarowicz | 29/06/2010 | Edinburgh North & Leith | Labour | Signed |
| Fabian Hamilton | 30/06/2010 | Leeds North East | Labour | Signed |
| David Wright | 30/06/2010 | Telford | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Blenkinsop | 30/06/2010 | Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland | Labour | Signed |
| Alison McGovern | 01/07/2010 | Wirral South | Labour | Signed |
| Eric Illsley | 05/07/2010 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Withdrawn |
| Michael Weatherley | 05/07/2010 | Hove | Conservative | Signed |
| Karen Buck | 06/07/2010 | Westminster North | Labour | Signed |
| Frank Dobson | 06/07/2010 | Holborn & St Pancras | Labour | Signed |
| Robert Walter | 06/07/2010 | North Dorset | Conservative | Signed |
| Andy Slaughter | 06/07/2010 | Hammersmith | Labour | Signed |
| Mike Wood | 07/07/2010 | Batley & Spen | Labour | Signed |
| Hywel Francis | 07/07/2010 | Aberavon | Labour | Signed |
| Menzies Campbell | 08/07/2010 | Fife North East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Virendra Sharma | 08/07/2010 | Ealing, Southall | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Blomfield | 08/07/2010 | Sheffield Central | Labour | Signed |
| Chuka Umunna | 12/07/2010 | Streatham | Labour | Signed |
| Lisa Nandy | 12/07/2010 | Wigan | Labour | Signed |
| Stella Creasy | 12/07/2010 | Walthamstow | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Gilbert | 12/07/2010 | St Austell and Newquay | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Toby Perkins | 12/07/2010 | Chesterfield | Labour | Signed |
| Malcolm Wicks | 12/07/2010 | Croydon North | Labour | Signed |
| Kevin Brennan | 13/07/2010 | Cardiff West | Labour | Signed |
| Katy Clark | 13/07/2010 | Ayrshire North & Arran | Labour | Signed |
| Tristram Hunt | 15/07/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Labour | Signed |
| John Whittingdale | 15/07/2010 | Maldon & East Chelmsford | Conservative | Signed |
| Tony Lloyd | 19/07/2010 | Manchester Central | Labour | Signed |
| Jim Cunningham | 20/07/2010 | Coventry South | Labour | Signed |
| Chris Williamson | 20/07/2010 | Derby North | Labour | Signed |
| Roberta Blackman-Woods | 22/07/2010 | Durham, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Jo Swinson | 26/07/2010 | East Dunbartonshire | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Martin Horwood | 26/07/2010 | Cheltenham | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| John Mann | 26/07/2010 | Bassetlaw | Labour | Signed |
| Emily Thornberry | 27/07/2010 | Islington South & Finsbury | Labour | Signed |
| Linda Riordan | 27/07/2010 | Halifax | Labour | Signed |
| Stephen Lloyd | 06/09/2010 | Eastbourne | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Owen Smith | 06/09/2010 | Pontypridd | Labour | Signed |
| Kerry McCarthy | 06/09/2010 | Bristol East | Labour | Signed |
| John Leech | 06/09/2010 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gordon Banks | 06/09/2010 | Ochil & Perthshire South | Labour | Signed |
| Paul Farrelly | 06/09/2010 | Newcastle-under-Lyme | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Harris | 06/09/2010 | Glasgow South | Labour | Signed |
| Geoffrey Robinson | 06/09/2010 | Coventry North West | Labour | Signed |
| Mark Williams | 07/09/2010 | Ceredigion | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Gloria De Piero | 07/09/2010 | Ashfield | Labour | Signed |
| Lilian Greenwood | 08/09/2010 | Nottingham South | Labour | Signed |
| John Woodcock | 08/09/2010 | Barrow and Furness | Labour | Signed |
| Angela Eagle | 09/09/2010 | Wallasey | Labour | Signed |
| Kate Green | 09/09/2010 | Stretford and Urmston | Labour | Signed |
| Graeme Morrice | 11/10/2010 | Livingston | Labour | Signed |
| Ian Mearns | 11/10/2010 | Gateshead | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Walley | 11/10/2010 | Stoke-on-Trent North | Labour | Signed |
| Hugh Bayley | 11/10/2010 | York, City of | Labour | Signed |
| Ronnie Campbell | 11/10/2010 | Blyth Valley | Labour | Signed |
| Alan Meale | 14/10/2010 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
| Diana Johnson | 18/10/2010 | Kingston upon Hull North | Labour | Signed |
| Michael Crockart | 19/10/2010 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Yvonne Fovargue | 26/10/2010 | Makerfield | Labour | Signed |
| Joan Ruddock | 28/10/2010 | Lewisham, Deptford | Labour | Signed |
| John Robertson | 08/11/2010 | Glasgow North West | Labour | Signed |
| David Ward | 08/11/2010 | Bradford East | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| David Mowat | 08/11/2010 | Warrington South | Conservative | Signed |
| Anne Begg | 16/11/2010 | Aberdeen South | Labour | Signed |
| Grahame Morris | 06/12/2010 | Easington | Labour | Signed |
| Tom Brake | 11/01/2011 | Carshalton & Wallington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
| Emma Reynolds | 12/01/2011 | Wolverhampton North East | Labour | Signed |
| Sandra Osborne | 28/02/2011 | Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock | Labour | Signed |
| Dai Havard | 21/03/2011 | Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney | Labour | Signed |
| Dan Jarvis | 10/05/2011 | Barnsley Central | Labour | Signed |
| Anne Main | 16/06/2011 | St Albans | Conservative | Signed |
| Glenda Jackson | 06/07/2011 | Hampstead & Highgate | Labour | Signed |
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