PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL EDUCATIONAL NEEDS (12 November 1997)

Motion Details

That this House calls on the Government to confirm that, whatever changes in law are made following the Green Paper and any subsequent Education Bill, the principle is maintained that individual children with special educational needs have a legal entitlement to receive the special educational provision their needs call for.

Sponsored by:
Lord Wigley (Plaid Cymru)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
76
47%
 
 
Conservative
31
19%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
26
16%
 
 
Independent
12
7%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
4
2%
 
 
Non-affiliated
3
2%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
3
2%
 
 
Speaker
2
1%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
2
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
1%
 
Sponsor List (163 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lord Allan of Hallam
Lab
Ms Candy Atherton
Lab
John Austin
LD
Norman Baker
DUP
Lord Bannside
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Lab
Sir Kevin Barron
Lab
Mr Nigel Beard
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Ind
Mr Martin Bell
Lab
Mr Tony Benn
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Mr Gerry Bermingham
Lab
Roger Berry
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Lord Blencathra
Lab
Mr Bob Blizzard
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Con
Sir Richard Body
Lab
Mr David S. Borrow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
LD
Dr Peter Brand
LD
Mr Colin Breed
LD
Paul Burstow
LD
Sir Vince Cable
Lab
Lord Campbell-Savours
Lab
Martin Caton
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
Ind
Mr David Chaytor
LD
Lord Chidgey
Con
Dr Michael Clark
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Mr Charles Clarke
Lab
Lord Coaker
Lab
Harry Cohen
Con
Mr Tim Collins
Con
Michael Colvin
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mr Lawrence Cunliffe
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Mrs Claire Curtis-Thomas
PC
Cynog Dafis
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Denzil Davies
Ind
Geraint Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mr Hilton Dawson
Lab
Dr David Drew
Lab
Julia Drown
Lab
Mrs Gwyneth Dunwoody
Lab
Mr Huw Edwards
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
LD
Lord Fearn
Lab
Jim Fitzpatrick
Con
Lord Flight
Lab
Paul Flynn
Lab
Mr Michael Foster
Con
Christopher Fraser
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Dr Norman Godman
Con
Lord Goodlad
Con
Mrs Teresa Gorman
LD
Mr Donald Gorrie
Con
James Gray
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Lab
Jane Griffiths
Lab
Patrick Hall
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Dr Evan Harris
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Sir John Hayes
South Holland and The Deepings
LD
Mr David Heath
Lab
Mr Ivan Henderson
Lab
Stephen Hesford
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
SDLP
Mr John Hume
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Alan Johnson
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Lynne Jones
PC
Mr Ieuan Wyn Jones
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
Lab
Andy King
LD
Lord Kirkwood of Kirkhope
Lab
Mrs Jackie Lawrence
Lab
David Lepper
Ind
Sir Oliver Letwin
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Lab
Martin Linton
Ind
Mr Ken Livingstone
LD
Lord Livsey of Talgarth
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Fiona Mactaggart
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Lab
Mr Jim Marshall
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
SDLP
Mr Eddie McGrady
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Mr Bill Michie
Lab
Austin Mitchell
SNP
Mr Alasdair Morgan
Lab
Dr Doug Naysmith
LD
Mr Mark Oaten
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Diana Organ
Lab
Lord Pendry
Lab
Linda Perham
Con
Lord Pickles
Lord Prior of Brampton
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
LD
Mr David Rendel
Con
Mr Andrew Rowe
Lab
Martin Salter
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Geraldine Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Con
Sir John Stanley
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Ian Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
SNP
Mr John Swinney
Con
Sir Robert Syms
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
UUP
Mr William Thompson
Baroness Tonge
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Stephen Twigg
LD
Lord Tyler
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
LD
Lord Wallace of Tankerness
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Lord Watts
LD
Steve Webb
Con
Mr Bowen Wells
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
PC
Lord Wigley (Sponsor)
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Mr Alan Williams
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Lord Willis of Knaresborough
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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