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Free School Transport In Rural Areas

EDM number 560 in 2006-07, proposed by David Drew on 08/01/2007.

That this House recognises that facilitating parental choice over children's schooling by extending rights to free school transport is a key part of the Government's education policy; notes that the Education and Inspections Act 2006 increases the right of secondary school pupils from low income families to free transport to one of the three nearest secondary schools where this is more than two and less than six miles from their home; observes that schools in rural areas are often significant distances from local homes and other local schools; and therefore calls on the Government to extend the right to free school transport for children living in rural areas beyond the six mile limit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 29 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Drew08/01/2007StroudLabourProposed
David Taylor08/01/2007North West LeicestershireLabourSeconded
Bob Spink08/01/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Lindsay Hoyle08/01/2007ChorleyLabourSeconded
Martin Caton09/01/2007GowerLabourSeconded
Glenda Jackson09/01/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Colin Breed09/01/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn09/01/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley09/01/2007Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt10/01/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon10/01/2007BridgendLabourSigned
Mike Hancock10/01/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell10/01/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Alan Meale10/01/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/01/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Ann Cryer10/01/2007KeighleyLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins15/01/2007TamworthLabourSigned
Betty Williams15/01/2007ConwyLabourSigned
David Anderson16/01/2007BlaydonLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty16/01/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins16/01/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Katy Clark17/01/2007North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Alan Simpson18/01/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington18/01/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson19/01/2007Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar22/01/2007Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Nick Harvey22/01/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell22/01/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John Hemming24/01/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned

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