Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Norman Lamb (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 25 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 15 members in total.

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PRIVATE FINANCE INITIATIVE SCHOOLS PROJECT IN NORFOLK

That this House notes with concern that after several years of planning the proposed private finance initiative (PFI) deal to upgrade and replace school buildings in 37 Norfolk schools has collapsed; further notes that plans to reorganise the education system enabling children in 75 schools to start high school at 11 years will be delayed by at least two years as a result; expresses serious concerns about the amount of public money wasted as a result of this collapse; welcomes the independent review into what went wrong; and calls on the Government to reassess the current reliance on PFI as a means of financing public sector infrastructure projects, taking particular note of new research commissioned by the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants which finds that PFI can be an expensive way of financing and delivering public services.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 2 amendments.

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at end add - "bearing out the growing conviction amongst many Government backbenchers that PFI is prohibitive in cost, flawed in concept and intolerable in consequence to taxpayers, citizens and public sector employees in the UK."

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

181 

181A1 

Session

2004-05

Subjects

Finance Private finance initiative Norfolk Schools Repairs and maintenance

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk