PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
RETAINING TURKISH AS AND A-LEVEL TURKISH (5 July 2015)

Motion Details

That this House believes that OCR's initial decision to discontinue the GCE AS and A-level Turkish examinations from 2017 is deeply regrettable; recognises that there are 100,000 Turkish speakers across the UK and, that with over 63 million speakers worldwide, it is one of the world's major languages; believes, given this context, that the GCE AS and A-level Turkish qualification should be retained; and calls on the Government to take steps to ensure that examination boards do offer AS and A-level Turkish.

Sponsored by:
Catherine West (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
10
71%
 
 
Conservative
1
7%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
1
7%
 
 
Independent
1
7%
 
 
The Independent Group for Change
1
7%
 
Sponsor List (14 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Lab
Paul Flynn
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Lab
Mr David Lammy
Tottenham
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Kate Osamor
Edmonton and Winchmore Hill
IGC
Joan Ryan
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Catherine West (Sponsor)
Hornsey and Friern Barnet

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