Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Llew Smith (Labour), on Tuesday, 22 June 2004, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

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COLEG GWENT CLOSURES

That this House notes with concern the closure of, and transfer of, courses and departments within Coleg Gwent, with the resultant redundancies for 45 lecturers and technicians; believes the so-called consultation process adopted has been nothing less than a farce, led by the new Coleg Gwent chief executive Howard Burton; regards the consultation process used which replaced the agreed public meetings with one-to-one meetings with those concerned as inadequate and an insult to local people; further notes with anger that Howard Burton signed up in support of the closure proposals even before he took up his appointment with little knowledge of the college or communities, and without any attempt to find out from those affected what the impact of closures would be; supports the vote of no confidence in the Coleg Gwent management and its chief executive Howard Burton by the trades union NATFHE; and calls on the First Secretary, the Secretary for Education and Lifelong Learning in the National Assembly for Wales and the Secretary of State for Wales to intervene to protect jobs, courses and education in the communities of Gwent.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received 4 amendments.

1385A1

Line 14, at end add 'following this intolerable situation created by the Labour National Assembly Government.'

1385A2

Line 13, after first 'the', insert 'Labour'

1385A3

Line 11, after third 'the', insert 'Labour'.

1385A4

Line 11, after second 'the', insert 'Labour'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1385 

1385A1 

1385A2 

1385A3 

1385A4 

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Closures Coleg Gwent

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk