CLOSURE OF SUSSEX UNIVERSITY'S CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT (EDM1835)

CLOSURE OF SUSSEX UNIVERSITY'S CHEMISTRY DEPARTMENT

EDM number 1835 in 2005-06, proposed by Tim Loughton on 16/03/2006.

That this House expresses regret at Sussex University's decision to close its successful chemistry department despite being awarded a grade 5 rating under the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) which monitors university standards and attracting academic staff of world renown, including two Nobel prize winners; notes the discrepancy between this closure and applications to the Sussex University chemistry course being 34 per cent. higher than the average increase in applications for university places; is alarmed that this closure is part of a worrying general trend in closure of chemistry departments nationally; is concerned that not enough is being done to reverse the decline in the number of applicants accepting places to study chemistry; and further notes that this decline in teaching physical sciences will have major detrimental effects on the future success of the UK's economy, its international competitiveness and on future scientific developments.

This motion has been signed by a total of 68 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Tim Loughton	16/03/2006	East Worthing and Shoreham	Conservative	Proposed
Nicholas Soames	16/03/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Seconded
Nick Herbert	16/03/2006	Arundel and South Downs	Conservative	Seconded
Gregory Barker	16/03/2006	Bexhill and Battle	Conservative	Seconded
Nigel Waterson	16/03/2006	Eastbourne	Conservative	Seconded
Charles Hendry	16/03/2006	Wealden	Conservative	Seconded
Brooks Newmark	16/03/2006	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/03/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	17/03/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Vincent Cable	20/03/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Hands	20/03/2006	Hammersmith and Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	20/03/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Alan Duncan	20/03/2006	Rutland and Melton	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/03/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	20/03/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	20/03/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	21/03/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	21/03/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	21/03/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	21/03/2006	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	21/03/2006	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	21/03/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/03/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	23/03/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	23/03/2006	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	27/03/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	28/03/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	29/03/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	29/03/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Edward Vaizey	18/04/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	18/04/2006	Rochford and Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Adam Holloway	18/04/2006	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/04/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	18/04/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Burt	18/04/2006	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	18/04/2006	Woking	Conservative	Signed
John Horam	18/04/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Kate Hoey	18/04/2006	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
John Randall	18/04/2006	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Simon Burns	18/04/2006	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	19/04/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	19/04/2006	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Mundell	19/04/2006	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	19/04/2006	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
David Borrow	19/04/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	20/04/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Watkinson	20/04/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	20/04/2006	Chesham and Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Anne McIntosh	20/04/2006	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	20/04/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Fraser	20/04/2006	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	02/05/2006	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Murrison	09/05/2006	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	10/05/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Anne Milton	16/05/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Martin Salter	22/05/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
James Brokenshire	23/05/2006	Hornchurch	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	24/05/2006	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	25/05/2006	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Ben Wallace	05/06/2006	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	06/06/2006	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/06/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	14/06/2006	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Letwin	22/06/2006	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	13/07/2006	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
John McDonnell	06/11/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed

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