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
63
60%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
24
23%
 
 
Conservative
7
7%
 
 
Independent
6
6%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
2
2%
 
 
Green Party
1
1%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
1
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (105 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Heidi Alexander
Swindon South
Lab
Gordon Banks
Lab
Sir Hugh Bayley
Lab
Dame Anne Begg
Lab
Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
Lab
Tom Blenkinsop
Lab
Paul Blomfield
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
LD
Tom Brake
Lab
Kevin Brennan
LD
Annette Brooke
LD
Lord Bruce of Bennachie
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Baroness Clark of Kilwinning
Lab
Lord Coaker
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Ms Stella Creasy
Walthamstow
LD
Mike Crockart
Lab
Lord Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Con
David Davis
Goole and Pocklington
Lab
Gloria De Piero
Lab
Frank Dobson
Lab
Dame Angela Eagle
Wallasey
Lab
Paul Farrelly
LD
Lord Foster of Bath
Lab
Yvonne Fovargue
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
IGC
Mike Gapes
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
LD
Stephen Gilbert
Lab
Pat Glass
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Lab
Kate Green
Lab
Lilian Greenwood
Nottingham South
Lab
Fabian Hamilton
Leeds North East
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Lab
Mr Tom Harris
Lab
Mr Dai Havard
LD
John Hemming
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
LD
Martin Horwood
LD
Simon Hughes
Lab
Tristram Hunt
LD
Dr Julian Huppert (Sponsor)
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Dan Jarvis
Barnsley North
Lab
Dame Diana Johnson
Kingston upon Hull North and Cottingham
Lab
Alan Keen
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
LD
Mr John Leech
IGC
Mr Chris Leslie
LD
Stephen Lloyd
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Green
Caroline Lucas
Con
Mrs Anne Main
Lab
Lord Mann
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Alison McGovern
Birkenhead
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Ian Mearns
Lab
Andrew Miller
Lab
Graeme Morrice
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Con
David Mowat
Lab
Lisa Nandy
Wigan
Lab
Sandra Osborne
Lab
Mr Toby Perkins
Chesterfield
Lab
Emma Reynolds
Wycombe
Lab
Mrs Linda Riordan
Lab
John Robertson
Lab
Mr Geoffrey Robinson
Lab
Chris Ruane
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
LD
Sir Bob Russell
LD
Mr Adrian Sanders
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Andy Slaughter
Hammersmith and Chiswick
LD
Angela Smith
Lab
Owen Smith
LD
Jo Swinson
Lab
Emily Thornberry
Islington South and Finsbury
LD
Viscount Thurso
LD
Chuka Umunna
Lab
Valerie Vaz
Walsall and Bloxwich
Lab
Joan Walley
XB
Lord Walney
Con
Mr Robert Walter
LD
Mr David Ward
Con
Mike Weatherley
Con
Sir John Whittingdale
Maldon
Lab
Malcolm Wicks
LD
Mr Mark Williams
LD
Roger Williams
LD
Stephen Williams
Ind
Chris Williamson
Lab
Mike Wood
Lab
David Wright

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