Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Kidney (Labour), on Wednesday, 10 December 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 62 members in total.

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PARLIAMENTARY EDUCATION SERVICE

That this House congratulates the Parliamentary Education Service on its outstanding success in providing education about the work and processes of the institution of Parliament to schoolchildren and others with an interest in how Parliament works; notes with pleasure that the number of schoolchildren visiting Parliament on the workshop and tour programme has continued to increase to a forecast 35,000 this year, a 105 per cent. increase over two years; welcomes the planned pilot of transport subsidy to help schools in remote constituencies visit Parliament; takes great satisfaction from the work of the Parliamentary outreach service whose staff work with both children and people over school age across the UK; and delights in seeing so many children in different school uniforms around the Parliamentary Estate undertaking studies provided by the hard-working staff of the Parliamentary Education Service.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

228 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Mark Lazarowicz

Martin Linton

Anne Moffat

Alison Seabeck

Martin Salter

Subjects

Parliament

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk