EDM tabled by Mark Field MP

[Ali P]

Early Day Motion EDM 1785

HOME EDUCATION AND THE BADMAN REVIEW

Tabled 01.07.2009

Field, Mark

That this House acknowledges and celebrates the hard work of the many home educators in Britain who teach their children to an exceptionally high standard; recognises the excellent value they represent to the Government; notes with concern the conflation of welfare concerns with education issues in Government statements on home education; further notes with concern the recommendations of the Badman Review which suggest closer monitoring of home educators, including a compulsory annual registration scheme and right of access to people's homes for local authority officials; and calls on the Government to focus on its own ability to fulfil the Every Child Matters objectives rather than undermine the independence and integrity of home educators by enforcing the Badman recommendations.

So far signed by two other MPs:
Main, Anne (Tory)
George, Andrew (LD)

[Ali P]

They're all at it!

Early Day Motion EDM 1784

HOME EDUCATION

01.07.2009

Farron, Timothy

That this House recognises that an estimated 45,000 to 150,000 children are educated at home; believes that parents should be allowed and supported to home educate; notes with concern the proposals put forward in the recent Badman Review; expresses particular concern at the lack of consultation involved in conducting the review; considers it unacceptable that local authorities are able to circumvent their responsibilities to pupils who are being home educated; accepts the need for a system of support to ensure that home educated children receive a good quality of education without creating an excessive and damaging degree of bureaucracy; and calls on the Government to strike the right balance between allowing parents the freedom to give their children the widest possible educational opportunities and ensuring that all children receive a well-rounded education.

This one also signed by:
Spink, Bob (Ind)
George, Andrew (LD)

[OrganisedPauper]

That tw*t was supposed to waiting and said it was a draft!

[Ali P]

Originally Posted by OrganisedPauper

That tw*t was supposed to waiting and said it was a draft!

Well he is a Liberal democrat!

[HomeEdMum]

Originally Posted by Ali P

They're all at it!

Early Day Motion EDM 1784

HOME EDUCATION

01.07.2009

Farron, Timothy

[I]That this House

I like the tory one though.

[OrganisedPauper]

Originally Posted by HomeEdMum

I like the tory one though.

Yeah I think we need to get as many MPs as we can to sign Mark Field's one. It's much better.

[Ali P]

Blogdial's version.

EDM 1794 HOME EDUCATION

01.07.2009

James, Utterson

That this House recognises that an estimated 45,000 to 150,000 children are educated at home; believes that the mammalian mating structure is centered around the family, and that what a family is should not be defined by or interfered with by this House, and that parents should have the right to home educate without any interference from this House; notes with concern and disdain the proposals put forward in the recent Badman Review; expresses particular disgust at the lack of consultation involved in conducting the review; considers it unacceptable that local authorities are to be given unprecedented powers to enter the homes of citizens; rejects the need for a system of support to ensure that home educated children receive a good quality of education and rejects the creation of an excessive and damaging extension of bureaucracy; and calls on the Government to enshrine the rights of parents to give their children the widest possible educational opportunities and thereby ensure that all children receive a well-rounded education.

[Ali P]

Just been reminded on another list that Mark Field's EDM is still current and now has 61 sigs.

Early Day Motion
EDM 1785

HOME EDUCATION AND THE BADMAN REVIEW
01.07.2009

Field, Mark

That this House acknowledges and celebrates the hard work of the many home educators in Britain who teach their children to an exceptionally high standard; recognises the excellent value they represent to the Government; notes with concern the conflation of welfare concerns with education issues in Government statements on home education; further notes with concern the recommendations of the Badman Review which suggest closer monitoring of home educators, including a compulsory annual registration scheme and right of access to people's homes for local authority officials; and calls on the Government to focus on its own ability to fulfil the Every Child Matters objectives rather than undermine the independence and integrity of home educators by enforcing the Badman recommendations.