PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
SCIENCE EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS (15 June 2010)

Motion Details

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.

Sponsored by:
Dr Julian Huppert (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
25
76%
 
 
Conservative
3
9%
 
 
Independent
2
6%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
6%
 
 
Green Party
1
3%
 
Sponsor List (33 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Paul Blomfield
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Kevin Brennan
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Ms Stella Creasy
Walthamstow
Lab
Lord Cryer
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Yvonne Fovargue
Lab
Kate Green
Lab
Lilian Greenwood
Nottingham South
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Lab
Dan Jarvis
Barnsley North
Lab
Dame Diana Johnson
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Alison McGovern
Birkenhead
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Lisa Nandy
Wigan
Lab
Mr Toby Perkins
Chesterfield
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
Lab
Emily Thornberry
Islington South and Finsbury
LD
Chuka Umunna
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon

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