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Active Citizenship And Young People

EDM number 749 in 1998-99, proposed by Ken Livingstone on 22/06/1999.

That this House believes that it is vital that people, including children, should be encouraged to be active citizens and play a part in the democratic life of the country by expressing their views on matters of public interest to decision-makers; recalls Clause 22 of the Declaration of the UN World Summit for Children, which calls upon governments to actively consult with young people about issues which concern them; recalls the preamble of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, which calls upon its signatories to disseminate that document widely 'principally in schools'; notes that 1999 is a special anniversary of the signing of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child when the United Kingdom will have to report on its progress in implementing the Convention; is concerned that an increasing vocationalisation of education in schools may impair the function of education in developing the creative talents of young people and their holistic growth; regrets the failure of successive governments to introduce measures to promote education in schools with a global perspective as well as measures to promote greater consultation with young people about decisions which affect them; and urges Her Majesty's Government to remedy the present situation, by actively consulting groups which work with young people to encourage the participation of young people in civic affairs, by introducing education in schools about active citizenship, and by bearing in mind the goal of allowing children to 'sing freely' when developing education policy.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ken Livingstone22/06/1999Brent EastLabourProposed
Bob Russell23/06/1999ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones23/06/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ashok Kumar23/06/1999Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
David Lepper23/06/1999Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Clapham23/06/1999Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson23/06/1999Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley23/06/1999Worthing WestConservativeSigned
John Cummings24/06/1999EasingtonLabourSigned
Alan Williams24/06/1999Swansea WestLabourSigned
Harry Barnes24/06/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
David Chaytor24/06/1999Bury NorthLabourSigned
Bill Michie24/06/1999Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Angela Smith24/06/1999BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon24/06/1999HalifaxLabourSigned
Phil Hope24/06/1999CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Martin Caton24/06/1999GowerLabourSigned
David Drew25/06/1999StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ronnie Fearn25/06/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox28/06/1999TootingLabourSigned
Mike Hancock28/06/1999Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Godman28/06/1999Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Vincent Cable28/06/1999TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/06/1999Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/06/1999LeighLabourSigned
David Taylor29/06/1999North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Derek Wyatt30/06/1999Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Howard Stoate30/06/1999DartfordLabourSigned
Donald Anderson30/06/1999Swansea EastLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin30/06/1999Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Cryer30/06/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara30/06/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/06/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson01/07/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
John McDonnell01/07/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell05/07/1999Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Kerry Pollard08/07/1999St AlbansLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie12/07/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis12/07/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Harry Cohen13/07/1999Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore13/07/1999HendonLabourSigned
Andrew George15/07/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Godsiff15/07/1999Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe15/07/1999Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Peter Brand15/07/1999Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Brian Iddon15/07/1999Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Janet Dean15/07/1999BurtonLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/07/1999Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge16/07/1999Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing16/07/1999Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell20/07/1999Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Roseanna Cunningham22/07/1999PerthScottish National PartySigned
Valerie Davey23/07/1999Bristol WestLabourSigned
Christine Russell26/07/1999Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Phil Willis26/07/1999Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Sawford26/07/1999KetteringLabourSigned
Win Griffiths27/07/1999BridgendLabourSigned
Tom Brake19/10/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Stinchcombe19/10/1999WellingboroughLabourSigned
Joan Walley19/10/1999Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley19/10/1999CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Cotter21/10/1999Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned

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