BBC Radio 3 And BBC Four Piano Season
EDM number 561 in 2012-13, proposed by Valerie Vaz on 15/10/2012.
Categorised under the topics of Broadcasting and Performing arts.
That this House congratulates the BBC on holding Piano Season, a six-week celebration of the piano and its music running from September to November 2012; notes that Piano Season and accompanying nationwide activities have helped to bring attention to talented musicians and inspire younger generations to get involved in music; further notes that this highlights the importance of encouraging music education in schools to a greater degree; acknowledges that it is important for schools to have such facilities and equipment in order to support and develop young musicians; is concerned by research from the Institute of Education, Evaluation of the EMI Music Sound Foundation Project rollout: Training Key Stage 1 Primary School Teachers (2010-2011) finding that one in nine schools did not have a piano; is further concerned by the 2012 Ofsted report which found that one in five schools visited had inadequate music education; and calls on the Government to support music education through the provision of a piano in every primary school in the UK.
This motion has been signed by a total of 14 MPs.
MP | Date | Constituency | Party | Type |
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Valerie Vaz | 15/10/2012 | Walsall South | Labour | Proposed |
Peter Bottomley | 15/10/2012 | Worthing West | Conservative | Seconded |
Martin Caton | 16/10/2012 | Gower | Labour | Seconded |
Kelvin Hopkins | 17/10/2012 | Luton North | Labour | Seconded |
George Galloway | 17/10/2012 | Bradford West | Respect | Seconded |
Michael Crockart | 17/10/2012 | Edinburgh West | Liberal Democrat | Seconded |
Paul Murphy | 18/10/2012 | Torfaen | Labour | Signed |
David Anderson | 18/10/2012 | Blaydon | Labour | Signed |
Paul Flynn | 19/10/2012 | Newport West | Labour | Signed |
Jeremy Corbyn | 22/10/2012 | Islington North | Labour | Signed |
John Leech | 22/10/2012 | Manchester, Withington | Liberal Democrat | Signed |
Alan Meale | 23/10/2012 | Mansfield | Labour | Signed |
John McDonnell | 25/10/2012 | Hayes and Harlington | Labour | Signed |
John Cryer | 31/10/2012 | Leyton and Wanstead | Labour | Signed |
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