Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Ashok Kumar (Labour), on Wednesday, 21 January 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 45 members in total.

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ACCORD COALITION

That this House supports Accord, the national coalition that unites religious and non-religious individuals and organisations campaigning for inclusive schools; believes that all state schools should be open to children and teachers of all backgrounds and beliefs; is concerned that current legislation permits schools with a religious character to discriminate against staff and students on the basis of their religion or belief and to teach a partial religious education curriculum; calls for religious education to be objective, balanced and fair; welcomes the positive approach taken by Accord and the breadth of its membership; and urges the Government to remove exemptions from equalities legislation for state-funded religious schools.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

530 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Paul Robert Holmes

Andrew George

Rudi Vis

Evan Harris

Subjects

Schools

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk