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Closure Of Rookwood School

EDM number 135 in 1997-98, proposed by David Chidgey on 17/06/1997.

That this House regrets the decision to dismiss the appeal against the closure of Rookwood School in Eastleigh, Hampshire; notes that as a result, former Rookwood pupils will be forced to leave a purpose built school only 16 years old, with an excellent record, and move to an over subscribed Victorian school where they would be taught in temporary classrooms, while the local education authority disposes of the Rookwood site for speculative housing development; further notes that in the lengthy period that has elapsed since the local education authority first proposed closure of Rookwood, more families have moved into the school's catchment area and that as a result Rookwood pre-school group is now over subscribed; in keeping with the Government's policy of reducing class sizes for infants to 30 or less, calls upon the Minister for Schools to stay the Rookwood School closure order to allow sufficient time to confirm that rising pupil numbers reinforce the viability of the school; and further calls upon the Minister to give particular consideration to small schools with high standards but low pupil numbers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Chidgey17/06/1997EastleighLiberal DemocratProposed
Nick Harvey17/06/1997North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch17/06/1997HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy17/06/1997Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Archy Kirkwood17/06/1997Roxburgh & BerwickshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster17/06/1997BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith17/06/1997Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Livingstone18/06/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn18/06/1997SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie18/06/1997Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable24/06/1997TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey25/06/1997Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones26/06/1997CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony ColmanUnknownWithdrawn

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