That this House believes that Mr Chris Woodhead, the Chief Inspector of Schools in England, has failed in his public duty insofar as he has abandoned the objectivity expected of a public official, has abused his position to engage in party political controversy in education policy and has unfairly attacked teachers and comprehensive education; and calls for his immediate resignation.

That this House believes that Mr Chris Woodhead, the Chief Inspector of Schools in England, has failed in his public duty insofar as he has abandoned the objectivity expected of a public official, has abused his position to engage in party political controversy in education policy and has unfairly attacked...

That this House commends the decision of Birmingham City Council to confer the honorary Freedom of the City upon the Right honourable Denis Howell, Member of Parliament for All Saints from 1955 to 1959 and Small Heath from 1961 until the present, and a former city councillor for 10 years, and upon Sir Reginald Eyre, Member of Parliament for Hall Green between 1965 and 1987 and presently Chairman of Birmingham Heartlands, in recognition of their long and distinguished service to all aspects of the life of the city.

That this House commends the decision of Birmingham City Council to confer the honorary Freedom of the City upon the Right honourable Denis Howell, Member of Parliament for All Saints from 1955 to 1959 and Small Heath from 1961 until the present, and a former city councillor for 10 years,...

That this House recalls that for more than one hundred years the Inner London Education Authority and its predecessors have enriched the lives of millions of Londoners by providing a high quality level of education, above all by the development of comprehensive education; considers that these have been carefully tailored to the diverse needs of the changing inner London area, but that the country as a whole has derived great value from the Inner London Education Authority's initiatives; notes that this excellent service was supported by means of a system of financing which redistributed a share of inner London's wealth in favour of inner London's poorer children and students; regrets that abolition was pushed through against the express wishes of thousands of London's parents; deplores Her Majesty's Government's policies in gradually withdrawing funding from inner London's education service, and by so doing denying this and future generations the range and quality of life-chances awarded to previous generations; calls for avoidance of short-sighted and divisive education policies; and urges Her Majesty's Government to meet demographic trends and industrial and economic imperatives by planning rationally the financing, co-ordination and expansion of training and education for inner Londoners.

That this House recalls that for more than one hundred years the Inner London Education Authority and its predecessors have enriched the lives of millions of Londoners by providing a high quality level of education, above all by the development of comprehensive education; considers that these have been carefully tailored...