PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
SECTION 11 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT ACT 1966 (18 January 1993)

That this House is appalled at the Government decision to cut the level of financial support available for Section 11 expenditure; notes that this reduction will adversely affect those parliamentary constituencies with ethnic minority populations from Commonwealth countries; believes that this decision will undermine the education of those children who learn English as a second language, with the result that they will be deprived access to the full range of educational opportunities with consequential effects on their examination results, their access to higher education and their role in society as equal citizens; and urges the Government to withdraw this discriminatory, unjust and shortsighted policy.

Sponsored by:
Mr Jim Marshall (Labour)