School Uniforms
EDM number 191 in 2000-01, proposed by Syd Rapson on 15/01/2001.
That this House believes that local education authorities' discretionary powers should be replaced with a statutory duty to provide assistance with school clothing costs to low income families; urges the Government to consider providing funding and setting minimum standards for criteria governing eligibility levels of grants, payments and accessibility of schemes; and calls upon the Department for Education and Employment to issue guidance on good practice in school clothing grant schemes incorporating a set of minimum standards.
This motion has been signed by a total of 35 MPs.
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