That this House notes that the Northern Ireland Department of Education has a duty to encourage and facilitate integrated education; recognises that the need for mixed housing and integrated education is specifically mentioned in the Belfast Agreement and that the Northern Ireland Office's Shared Future Policy and Strategic Framework for Good Relations contains commitments to `support the development of a more shared community where people wish to learn, live, work and play together', where `separate but equal is not an option' and where `parallel living and the provision of parallel services are unsustainable, morally and economically'; believes that the Government's refusal of funding for the Lir Integrated Primary School in Ballycastle undermines such commitments and relegates integrated education to second class status; agrees with Lir Principal Sharon Lyons that this presents a major equality issue as non-integrated schools already exist locally alongside an Irish language primary; commends the Integrated Education movement for continuing to support the school; and urges Ministers urgently to re-think this decision to allow genuine parental choice.

That this House notes that the Northern Ireland Department of Education has a duty to encourage and facilitate integrated education; recognises that the need for mixed housing and integrated education is specifically mentioned in the Belfast Agreement and that the Northern Ireland Office's Shared Future Policy and Strategic Framework for...

That this House supports the Labour Friends of Iraq global appeal, which has been supported by numerous rank and file trade unionists and others across the world, to publicise the severe threat to the life of Nozad Ismail, the President of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions in Kirkuk, who has twice escaped assassins and who receives regular death threats; believes that the self-styled resistance in Iraq is deliberately targeting the leadership of the Iraqi labour movement and, therefore, the prospects for a united, secular and democratic Iraq, as was exemplified when Hadi Saleh, the International Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) was tortured and strangled before his house was ransacked for his comrades' contact details, when Ali Hassan Abd of the IFTU's Oil and Gas Union, was gunned down in front of his children, and when Ahmed Adris Abbas of the Transport and Communication Workers Union was also assassinated in Baghdad; and appeals for the widest possible support for the Labour Friends of Iraq initiative not only from supporters of the British Labour movement but from anyone with an interest in nurturing Iraqi democracy.

That this House supports the Labour Friends of Iraq global appeal, which has been supported by numerous rank and file trade unionists and others across the world, to publicise the severe threat to the life of Nozad Ismail, the President of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions in Kirkuk, who...

That this House notes that the Belfast Agreement embraces the need to facilitate and encourage integrated education because an essential aspect of the reconciliation process is the promotion of a culture of tolerance at every level of society; notes, however, that only five per cent. of pupils in Northern Ireland attend integrated schools, which bring together pupils, staff and governors, in roughly equal numbers of Protestants and Catholic pupils, plus other faiths and none, to cultivate self-respect and respect for other people and cultures; applauds the fact that the integrated education movement has made major strides this academic year with the opening of seven new integrated schools and that the number of such schools stands at its highest, thanks to the efforts of dedicated parents, the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education and the Integrated Education Fund; further notes that 700 pupils were denied access to integrated schools because of a lack of places; notes that President Bush will receive two students from Ulidia Integrated College at the St Patrick's Day event at the White House symbolising US support for the integrated education movement; recognises that integrated education does not provide a panacea for a deeply segregated and divided society but that increasing the integrated education sector will be a massive investment in a non-sectarian and pluralist society, without imposing a single educational model but giving all parents and students a choice; and urges the Government to increase its support to integrated schools as an urgent matter of public policy.

That this House notes that the Belfast Agreement embraces the need to facilitate and encourage integrated education because an essential aspect of the reconciliation process is the promotion of a culture of tolerance at every level of society; notes, however, that only five per cent. of pupils in Northern Ireland...

That this House unreservedly condemns the murder of Ali Hassan Abd, a leading member of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Union's (IFTU) Oil and Gas Union, who led the way in rebuilding independent unions after the fall of Saddam Hussein and who was assassinated on Friday 18th February by terrorist extremists while returning with his children to his home close to the Al Dorah oil refinery in Baghdad; supports the statement issued by the IFTU Executive Committee, which `condemns this cowardly act and resolves to continue to organise for free, democratic and independent unions' and `pledges to its martyred hero Abu Fahad to carry on organising workers and also for a new and democratic Iraq'; and strongly supports the IFTU's call for the international labour movement to condemn this atrocity against a brave trade unionist, which once again confirms that the so-called resistance is deliberately targeting leaders of the Iraqi labour movement in order to prevent the growth of a new civil society in Iraq, after the brave defiance shown by millions of Iraqis in the last elections.

That this House unreservedly condemns the murder of Ali Hassan Abd, a leading member of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Union's (IFTU) Oil and Gas Union, who led the way in rebuilding independent unions after the fall of Saddam Hussein and who was assassinated on Friday 18th February by terrorist...

That this House strongly endorses The Observer newspaper's campaign to change the law on inheritance tax so that cohabiting heterosexual couples enjoy equal tax liabilities and burdens as same sex couples and married heterosexual couples; believes that the tax system should respect people's choices and not penalise them for making such choices; notes The Observer's fear that up to 200,000 cohabiting couples could be at risk of having to pay hefty tax bills and in the worst cases of losing their homes if one of them dies, which probably would not happen if they were married; further notes that rising property prices are exposing more people to potential inheritance tax bills and unmarried partners are particularly vulnerable because of the way the rules work; and calls upon the Government to take urgent action to remedy this unfair anomaly in the tax system.

That this House strongly endorses The Observer newspaper's campaign to change the law on inheritance tax so that cohabiting heterosexual couples enjoy equal tax liabilities and burdens as same sex couples and married heterosexual couples; believes that the tax system should respect people's choices and not penalise them for making...

That this House is concerned that certain banks including HSBC, NatWest, Abbey and Halifax only allow basic bank accounts to be accessed through post offices, unlike Lloyds TSB, Barclays and Alliance and Leicester, who allow a far greater range of services to be accessed through post offices branches; and believes that the inclusion of the missing banks in this wider scheme would significantly improve the viability of all post offices.

That this House is concerned that certain banks including HSBC, NatWest, Abbey and Halifax only allow basic bank accounts to be accessed through post offices, unlike Lloyds TSB, Barclays and Alliance and Leicester, who allow a far greater range of services to be accessed through post offices branches; and believes...

That this House condemns the recent brutal torture and murder of Hadi Saleh, International Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), by Saddam loyalists in what is termed the Iraqi resistance; further condemns the torture and murder of four IFTU members when their train was attached by mortar fire between Mosul and Baghdad, the kidnap of two train drivers, Salah Mehdi Taher and Salih Chiyehchan Harbi and the severe beating of five rail workers, Abd' al-Emir Abd'al-Malik, Mustapha Kamel Mehdi, Amer Shamaan Amer, Ali Abd' al-Radh and Basil Abd'Ouwd, who have been left in a life-threatening condition, the mortar and rocket-propelled grenade attack on the headquarters of the Transport and Communication Workers' Union, and two failed assassination attempts on Nozad Ismail, the President of the IFTU in Kirkuk; expresses its support and admiration for the rail workers of Basra, members of the IFTU, who condemn the 'criminals, terrorists and brigands' who are murdering trade unionists in Iraq and who have been taking strike action against the terrorists since the beginning of the year, demanding adequate security protection on all land transport and the safe return of their kidnapped colleagues; and pledges full support to the TUC Aid Iraq Appeal raising money for Iraqi trade unionists to rebuild a free and independent trade union movement, and strengthen civil society in Iraq.

That this House condemns the recent brutal torture and murder of Hadi Saleh, International Secretary of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU), by Saddam loyalists in what is termed the Iraqi resistance; further condemns the torture and murder of four IFTU members when their train was attached by mortar...