Inclusion Of Climate Change In The National Curriculum (EDM1208)

Inclusion Of Climate Change In The National Curriculum

EDM number 1208 in 2012-13, proposed by Caroline Lucas on 18/03/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Climate change and Schools.

That this House condemns the proposed removal of climate change from the national curriculum guidelines for key stages one to three; agrees with former Chief Scientific Adviser Professor Sir David King that the exclusion of such issues represents an abdication of our duty to future generations, as well as major political interference with the geography syllabus; notes the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change's statements that climate science, risks, impacts and the way ahead have never been clearer, that for a 50 per cent chance of limiting warming to 2

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

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Caroline Lucas	18/03/2013	Brighton, Pavilion	Green	Proposed
Mark Durkan	18/03/2013	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Andrew George	18/03/2013	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	18/03/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Margaret Ritchie	19/03/2013	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Alan Meale	19/03/2013	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Elfyn Llwyd	19/03/2013	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Naomi Long	19/03/2013	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/03/2013	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/03/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	19/03/2013	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Virendra Sharma	19/03/2013	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	20/03/2013	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Jim Shannon	20/03/2013	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	21/03/2013	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	21/03/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	21/03/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	21/03/2013	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	22/03/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	25/03/2013	Bradford West	Respect	Signed
Roger Godsiff	25/03/2013	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	26/03/2013	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	26/03/2013	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	10/04/2013	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	10/04/2013	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
David Ward	16/04/2013	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	22/04/2013	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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