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A-Level Turkish

EDM number 782 in 1997-98, proposed by Andrew Love on 12/02/1998.

That this House notes that there are about 200,000 Turkish-speaking people living in the United Kingdom, 90 per cent of whom live in London, that there are presently 18 Turkish education and cultural schools in London, that the number of language schools and the number of students studying Turkish A level has been increasing over recent years, that it is essential to the Turkish and Turkish Cypriot communities that they are given the opportunity to study Turkish A level and that EDEXCEL is the only examining board currently offering Turkish A level; expresses concern at EDEXCEL's decision to withdraw A level Turkish in 1999; notes the detrimental effect that this will have on Turkish speaking communities; believes that this will inevitably reduce opportunities open to Turkish-speaking students, particularly those who depend on an A level Turkish qualification for a place in higher education; and calls upon the Government to explore positive solutions with EDEXCEL so that A level Turkish will continue to be available in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andrew Love12/02/1998EdmontonLabour Co-operativeProposed
David Drew12/02/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Clive Efford12/02/1998ElthamLabourSigned
Lynne Jones16/02/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar17/02/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone17/02/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/02/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara18/02/1998Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Paul Flynn18/02/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths18/02/1998Reading EastLabourSigned
Audrey Wise18/02/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Alice Mahon19/02/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Roy Beggs19/02/1998East AntrimUUPSigned
John Austin19/02/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore19/02/1998HendonLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis19/02/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Joan Humble19/02/1998Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Bob Russell23/02/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman23/02/1998Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Ann Cryer23/02/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Maria Eagle23/02/1998Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Stephen Twigg23/02/1998Enfield, SouthgateLabourSigned
David Winnick23/02/1998Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/02/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours18/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Colin Burgon06/04/1998ElmetLabourSigned

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