That this House is alarmed by proposals of edubusinesses to run state schools for profit along the lines of the Swedish system supported by the Conservative Party; and while recognising the important role business can play in supporting schools, deplores the notion that the educational needs of present and future generations should be exploited for profit by companies, organisations or individuals.

That this House is alarmed by proposals of edubusinesses to run state schools for profit along the lines of the Swedish system supported by the Conservative Party; and while recognising the important role business can play in supporting schools, deplores the notion that the educational needs of present and future...

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to investigate the circumstances of Wolverhampton City Council proposing, without precedent in living memory, to hold part of its full council meeting in secret in order to keep from council taxpayers the cancellation costs of 7 million resulting from an aborted contract with Axon Ltd who have reportedly made threats to sue any councillor who votes for this matter to be heard in open debate.

That this House calls on the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to investigate the circumstances of Wolverhampton City Council proposing, without precedent in living memory, to hold part of its full council meeting in secret in order to keep from council taxpayers the cancellation costs of 7...

That this House is dismayed by the report in the Guardian newspaper that the Noble Lord Jay, Chairman of the Lords Appointment Committee, has written to the Prime Minister warning that the elevation of former Speaker Martin to the House of Lords would diminish the Upper House; and calls on the Noble Lord to withdraw without reservation such a disgraceful and spiteful slur on Speaker Martin who served this House so well as an elected member with great integrity, charm and good temper.

That this House is dismayed by the report in the Guardian newspaper that the Noble Lord Jay, Chairman of the Lords Appointment Committee, has written to the Prime Minister warning that the elevation of former Speaker Martin to the House of Lords would diminish the Upper House; and calls on...

That this House is dismayed by the undemocratic scrapping of the Rogers plan for Chelsea Barracks; and calls on the Royal Institute of British Architects to instruct its members not to provide services to the Qatari developers until such time as the developers re-adopt and re-submit the Rogers plan to the planning authority for democratic determination.

That this House is dismayed by the undemocratic scrapping of the Rogers plan for Chelsea Barracks; and calls on the Royal Institute of British Architects to instruct its members not to provide services to the Qatari developers until such time as the developers re-adopt and re-submit the Rogers plan to...

That this House congratulates Wolverhampton and Bilston Trades Council for organising yet another spendid May Day celebration for local workers and their families who enjoyed entertainments and buffet food free of charge; and expresses its thanks to all the exhibitors who displayed campaign materials from Latin American groups, Fairtrade, anti-fascist Hope not Hate workers and bookstalls offering socialist and Labour movement literature.

That this House congratulates Wolverhampton and Bilston Trades Council for organising yet another spendid May Day celebration for local workers and their families who enjoyed entertainments and buffet food free of charge; and expresses its thanks to all the exhibitors who displayed campaign materials from Latin American groups, Fairtrade, anti-fascist...

That this House calls on the Government to make St George's Day a public holiday.

That this House calls on the Government to make St George's Day a public holiday.

That this House notes that the latest Strategic Export Controls Quarterly Report issued by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform shows arms exports to Israel in the first half of 2008 to be in excess of ??20 million; and calls for a complete ban on all such sales to Israel until a permanent peace agreement is signed with the elected government of Palestine.

That this House notes that the latest Strategic Export Controls Quarterly Report issued by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform shows arms exports to Israel in the first half of 2008 to be in excess of ??20 million; and calls for a complete ban on all such sales...

That this House is alarmed that schools included in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme are required to sign up to long-term provision by private contractors of key school functions such as ICT services without being informed of the terms and conditions of such services; fears that many schools would be forced to abandon otherwise excellent service arrangements; believes this open-ended commitment is being demanded by companies who wish to enrich themselves beyond the necessary construction contracts required to rebuild schools; regrets that the Government is not resisting these add-on money-making schemes; and calls on school governing bodies to demand detailed costs and plans of any contracted-out services in order to make decisions related to the much-needed BSF programmes which are fair to schools, ratepayers and taxpayers.

That this House is alarmed that schools included in the Building Schools for the Future (BSF) programme are required to sign up to long-term provision by private contractors of key school functions such as ICT services without being informed of the terms and conditions of such services; fears that many...

That this House notes with extreme concern the planned withdrawal of the Walsall to Wolverhampton passenger rail service from December 2008; further notes the service provides an important direct link for the people of Walsall and Wolverhampton, together with access to connecting rail services; is dismayed that the proposed withdrawal will take place despite the fact that use of the service has significantly increased and believes that London Midland are putting profit before people; further believes that the proposed cut clearly goes against the Government's policy of seeking to expand rail capacity and reduce carbon emissions from the transport sector; and calls on the Government to intervene to ensure that this service remains in operation.

That this House notes with extreme concern the planned withdrawal of the Walsall to Wolverhampton passenger rail service from December 2008; further notes the service provides an important direct link for the people of Walsall and Wolverhampton, together with access to connecting rail services; is dismayed that the proposed withdrawal...

That this House is alarmed by reports that the Department for Children, Schools and Families has employed the headhunting firm Veredus to recruit headteachers to work in academy schools under a completely separate procedure from normal recruitment processes; deplores the detrimental impact this will have on the recruitment of headteachers in the maintained sector, which is already experiencing recruitment difficulties; therefore calls on the Government to impose a moratorium on the academies programme while an assessment of the impact of private headhunting on neighbouring schools is carried out; and welcomes the decision of the Trades Union Congress to affiliate to the Anti-Academies Alliance and to join in its excellent work of opposing the privatisation of secondary schools.

That this House is alarmed by reports that the Department for Children, Schools and Families has employed the headhunting firm Veredus to recruit headteachers to work in academy schools under a completely separate procedure from normal recruitment processes; deplores the detrimental impact this will have on the recruitment of headteachers...

That this House notes that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill permits the creation of human-animal hybrids, so-called saviour siblings (children who could be created specifically for their tissues and part-organs) and removes the requirement on IVF clinics to have regard for a child's need for a father; notes that these issues were subject to a free vote at Committee stage; notes however that the Bill, as amended in the Public Bill Committee, will not be subject to a free vote for Labour hon. Members at Report stage and Third Reading; further notes that the Bill currently provides for a loophole in the law via secondary regulation that could allow reproductive cloning, germline genetic engineering of nuclear DNA and the creation of genetically-modified babies, through alterations to their mitochondrial DNA, continues the practice of the state colluding in a deception with respect to the birth certificates of donor-conceived children and allows cells to be used to make human-animal hybrid embryos without a person's explicit consent in some cases; believes that these controversial issues, which were not manifesto commitments, should be subject to a free vote; and calls on the Government to respect the consciences of individual hon. Members and allow a free vote at Report stage and Third Reading.

That this House notes that the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill permits the creation of human-animal hybrids, so-called saviour siblings (children who could be created specifically for their tissues and part-organs) and removes the requirement on IVF clinics to have regard for a child's need for a father; notes that...

That this House is dismayed that a deeply flawed out of date list has been unnecessarily published which has been widely interpreted by the media as labelling over 600 secondary schools as failing their pupils; notes that included on the list are 26 privatised academy schools, including the much-vaunted Harris Academy, demonstrating that privatisation is not a solution to the educational disadvantage often deeply rooted in our unequal society; condemns the list for failing to recognise the hard and diligent work of teachers, parents and pupils in some of England's most deprived communities; and asks the Secretary of State to withdraw the list until further discussions have been held with appropriate local authorities in order to correct the inaccuracies.

That this House is dismayed that a deeply flawed out of date list has been unnecessarily published which has been widely interpreted by the media as labelling over 600 secondary schools as failing their pupils; notes that included on the list are 26 privatised academy schools, including the much-vaunted Harris...

That this House is alarmed that 20 per cent. of recorded crime is committed against the many companies which play such an important part in sustaining local communities; calls on police and local authorities to give high priority to reducing such crime and to fully reflect this priority in all policing plans, crime reduction partnerships, local area agreements and strategic partnerships; and notes the support of the Association of Chief Police Officers for the Federation of Small Businesses' campaign to encourage businesses to report Every Crime Every Time rather than the 40 per cent. currently reported.

That this House is alarmed that 20 per cent. of recorded crime is committed against the many companies which play such an important part in sustaining local communities; calls on police and local authorities to give high priority to reducing such crime and to fully reflect this priority in all...

That this House congratulates the Anti-Academies Alliance on publishing its report of the parliamentary inquiry into school academies informed by the evidence of professionals and others working in academies, community campaigners, trade unions and educationalists, all concerned that the take-over of schools by outside commercial interests and religious orders is contrary to good equal opportunity practice in education, is not subject to the Freedom of Information Act and is publishing insufficient detail on academy results, is creating unfair funding between schools, is operating admission and exclusion policies which skew intakes, is denying the protection of general education law to academy pupils and parents, is undermining local democracy and community solidarity, that the governance arrangements allow sponsors to appoint the majority of governors in perpetuity who are rarely representative of the school community, that the staff terms and conditions are leading to higher turnover rates and discriminatory employment practices and that the sponsor has almost absolute power once a school becomes an academy; and calls on the Government to take full account of the findings of the inquiry and to make urgent moves to implement them.

That this House congratulates the Anti-Academies Alliance on publishing its report of the parliamentary inquiry into school academies informed by the evidence of professionals and others working in academies, community campaigners, trade unions and educationalists, all concerned that the take-over of schools by outside commercial interests and religious orders is...

That this House notes the many and continuing representations to the Foreign Secretary made by British Sikhs on behalf of Paramjit Singh, a British citizen; notes that his detention in the Punjab has now continued for one year causing great concern for his safety; is dismayed that the Foreign Secretary has not given the same expeditious consideration to Paramjit's detention in a Punjab prison as he appears to have given to the plight of Ms Gibbons in a Sudanese prison; and, in the absence of the Punjab authorities providing any credible explanation for Paramjit's detention, calls on the Government to press for his immediate release.

That this House notes the many and continuing representations to the Foreign Secretary made by British Sikhs on behalf of Paramjit Singh, a British citizen; notes that his detention in the Punjab has now continued for one year causing great concern for his safety; is dismayed that the Foreign Secretary...

That this House condemns the comments in the South Devon Herald Express newspaper on 19th November 2007 attributed to the hon. Member for Totnes criticising the idea of allowing local authorities to build new council housing on the grounds that `No one felt any obligation to anybody on these public housing estates, they were hotbeds of crime. It's a very serious, retrograde step'; and calls on the hon. Member either to issue a correction if his comments were wrongly reported or to apologise to the millions of law abiding citizens of this country who have lived, or currently live, on public housing estates, including those in the hon. Member for Totnes' constituency.

That this House condemns the comments in the South Devon Herald Express newspaper on 19th November 2007 attributed to the hon. Member for Totnes criticising the idea of allowing local authorities to build new council housing on the grounds that `No one felt any obligation to anybody on these public...

That this House is dismayed to learn that the Harris Group of South London Academies is offering inter alia, cut price Carpetright Company carpets to its teachers in attempts to recruit and retain staff; believes this demeans the ethos of the education service and is a regrettable consequence of handing over the ownership and management of schools to people unsuited to the serious responsibility of educating young people.

That this House is dismayed to learn that the Harris Group of South London Academies is offering inter alia, cut price Carpetright Company carpets to its teachers in attempts to recruit and retain staff; believes this demeans the ethos of the education service and is a regrettable consequence of handing...

That this House is grateful to the Committee of Public Accounts for its authoritative report on school academies, but regrets that it makes dismal reading for educationalists and taxpayers; especially notes that the Department for Children, Schools and Families has admitted that it does not yet know the cost of running academies in the longer term; and, in the light of this, calls on the Department not to authorise further applications for academy development until it has more evidence on which to base realistic spending plans.

That this House is grateful to the Committee of Public Accounts for its authoritative report on school academies, but regrets that it makes dismal reading for educationalists and taxpayers; especially notes that the Department for Children, Schools and Families has admitted that it does not yet know the cost of...

That this House notes with alarm that school academies have been discovered awarding contracts to their sponsors; and calls on the Department for Children, Schools and Families to enforce existing procurement regulations and to recover any expenditure incurred where the regulations have been flouted.

That this House notes with alarm that school academies have been discovered awarding contracts to their sponsors; and calls on the Department for Children, Schools and Families to enforce existing procurement regulations and to recover any expenditure incurred where the regulations have been flouted.

That this House supports the finding of the Committee of Public Accounts that academies are a costly means of tackling low attainment and that academy programmes should not be approved where less costly solutions would provide better value for money.

That this House supports the finding of the Committee of Public Accounts that academies are a costly means of tackling low attainment and that academy programmes should not be approved where less costly solutions would provide better value for money.