Question for short debate on Monday, 17 July 2006, in the House of Lords, led by Baroness Blood. The answering member was Lord Rooker.

Northern Ireland: Integrated Schools

Lords debate on unstarred question on what steps they will take to develop more integrated schools in Northern Ireland and to encourage the transformation of existing schools to integrated schools.

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Type: Parliamentary proceeding
Reference: 684 c1096-116
Session: 2005-06
Department: Northern Ireland Office
Chamber / Committee: House of Lords chamber
Proceeding contributions: Lord Glentoran | 684 c1109-10 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I join others in thanking the noble Baroness, Lady Blood, for giving us this opportunity t...; Lord Dubs | 684 c1104-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank my noble friend Lady Blood for giving us the opportunity to debate this fundamenta...; Lord Parekh | 684 c1102-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I thank the noble Baroness, Lady Blood, for introducing the subject with considerable info...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c1107-9 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I, too, welcome the debate initiated by the noble Baroness, Lady Blood. It is worth mentio...; Lord Hylton | 684 c1106-7 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I have been a friend and supporter of integrated education in Northern Ireland since well ...; Baroness David | 684 c1100-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I am speaking in the debate today to support the excellent and hard work the noble Barones...; Baroness Blood | 684 c1096-100 (Link to this contribution) rose to ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to develop more integrated schools in...; Lord Rooker | 684 c1110-1 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I consider myself incredibly lucky as Northern Ireland spokesman in this House for the Gov...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c1111 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, in higher education, Stranmillis College and St Mary’s College are deeply segregated.; Lord Rooker | 684 c1113 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, if enough parents demanded such a choice, and the relevant schools were three or four time...; Lord Smith of Clifton | 684 c1113 (Link to this contribution) The noble Lord, Lord Dubs, has a point. It is an unrealistic choice for many parents unless they are...; Lord Rooker | 684 c1111-3 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, yes, I was referring not to teacher training colleges but to the norm of further education...; Lord Dubs | 684 c1113 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I know that my noble friend is short of time, but the majority of parents have no integrat...; Lord Rooker | 684 c1114-6 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I take what my noble friend is saying, and we can look further into the figures. As I said...; Baroness Farrington of Ribbleton | 684 c1116 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, Northern Ireland business expands to fill the space available. I beg to move that the Hous...; Lord Rooker | 684 c1113 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, they may need looking at again, but I think that the result would be the same. We want par...; Baroness Blood | 684 c1113-4 (Link to this contribution) My Lords, I find what the Minister is saying incredible. This year, we had three groups of parents w...
Subjects: Finance Northern Ireland School choice Integrated schools
Contains statistics: Yes
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Northern Ireland: Integrated Schools

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