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Shortage Of Teachers

EDM number 353 in 1989-90, proposed by Alice Mahon on 22/01/1990.

That this House notes the danger posed to the successful implementation of the national curriculum by the growing shortage of full-time, part-time and supply teachers in our classrooms and of teachers with qualifications appropriate to the subjects they teach; notes with concern suggestions that this danger can be averted by the introduction of regional differentials in teachers' pay which would merely shift shortages round the country without addressing the real problems which are the need to retain teachers already in schools, recruit sufficient graduates into teaching and encourage those who have left the profession to return by making teachers' salaries competitive with those paid to other professional groups, improving the inadequate level of resourcing which also threatens the success of the national curriculum, and improving teacher morale, a first step towards which would be restoration of their negotiating rights; and urges the Government to restore teachers' negotiating rights immediately, recognise the inadequacy of the ú600 million constraint on salary increases this year by funding in full an increase which would provide proper professional levels of pay, incentive allowances, and salaries for heads and deputies reflecting the importance of the job the profession does.

This motion has been signed by a total of 61 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alice Mahon22/01/1990HalifaxProposed
Harry Cohen22/01/1990LeytonSigned
Mildred Gordon22/01/1990Bow and PoplarSigned
Gerry Steinberg22/01/1990Durham, City ofSigned
Audrey Wise22/01/1990PrestonSigned
Terry Davis23/01/1990Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Paul Boateng23/01/1990Brent SouthSigned
Andrew Faulds23/01/1990Warley EastSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie23/01/1990Glasgow, PollokSigned
John Cummings23/01/1990EasingtonSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/01/1990Blyth ValleySigned
Roland Boyes23/01/1990Houghton and WashingtonSigned
William McKelvey23/01/1990Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Ian McCartney23/01/1990MakerfieldSigned
John McAllion23/01/1990Dundee EastSigned
Robert Parry23/01/1990Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Dennis Skinner23/01/1990BolsoverSigned
Ernie Ross23/01/1990Dundee WestSigned
Martin Redmond23/01/1990Don ValleySigned
Bill Michie23/01/1990Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Eddie Loyden24/01/1990Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Harry Barnes24/01/1990North East DerbyshireSigned
Win Griffiths24/01/1990BridgendSigned
John Garrett24/01/1990Norwich SouthSigned
Frank Doran24/01/1990Aberdeen SouthSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe24/01/1990LeighSigned
Tom Cox24/01/1990TootingSigned
Keith Bradley24/01/1990Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Tony Lloyd24/01/1990StretfordSigned
Joyce Quin24/01/1990Gateshead EastSigned
Peter Pike25/01/1990BurnleySigned
Mike Watson25/01/1990Glasgow CentralSigned
Eric Illsley25/01/1990Barnsley CentralSigned
Chris Smith25/01/1990Islington South & FinsburySigned
Allan Rogers25/01/1990RhonddaSigned
Jimmy Hood25/01/1990ClydesdaleSigned
Max Madden29/01/1990Bradford WestSigned
Ron Leighton29/01/1990Newham North EastSigned
Robert Litherland29/01/1990Manchester CentralSigned
Richard Caborn29/01/1990Sheffield CentralSigned
Ron Davies29/01/1990CaerphillySigned
Jack Thompson29/01/1990WansbeckSigned
James Wray29/01/1990Glasgow ProvanSigned
Doug Hoyle30/01/1990Warrington NorthSigned
Robert Wareing31/01/1990Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Elliot Morley31/01/1990Glanford and ScunthorpeSigned
Martyn Jones31/01/1990Clwyd South WestSigned
Dawn Primarolo31/01/1990Bristol SouthSigned
Alan Meale01/02/1990MansfieldSigned
Eddie McGrady06/02/1990South DownSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours08/02/1990WorkingtonSigned
Clare Short15/02/1990Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Bruce Grocott20/02/1990Wrekin, TheSigned
Tom Pendry21/02/1990Stalybridge & HydeSigned
Giles Radice22/02/1990North DurhamSigned
John Marek26/02/1990WrexhamSigned
Kim Howells01/03/1990PontypriddSigned
Denzil Davies01/03/1990LlanelliSigned
Geoffrey Lofthouse08/03/1990Pontefract & CastlefordSigned
Jim Cousins27/03/1990Newcastle upon Tyne CentralSigned
Norman BuchanUnknownWithdrawn

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