Education Bill — Abolish Independent Appeals Panels — rejected — 24 Feb 2005 at 11:00
The majority Not-Contents defeated an amendment[1] to the Education Bill. The amendment would have abolished independent appeals panels which allowed parents to appeal against the exclusion of their child from a school. However, the amendment was defeated.
The main aims of the Education Bill 2005 were to[2]:
- Change the way schools are inspected by OFSTED
- Change the role of the Teacher Training Agency
- Introduce three-year budgets for schools
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- [1] Lord Hanningfield, House of Lords, 24 February 2005
- [2] Wikipedia entry, Retrieved on 2010-01-31
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Party Summary
Votes by party, red entries are votes against the majority for that party.
What is Tell? '+1 tell' means that in addition one member of that party was a teller for that division lobby.
What is Turnout? This is measured against the total membership of the party at the time of the vote.| Party | Majority (Not-Content) | Minority (Content) | Turnout |
| Bishop | 1 | 0 | 3.8% |
| Con | 0 | 47 (+2 tell) | 23.4% |
| Crossbench | 13 | 4 | 9.6% |
| Green | 0 | 1 | 100.0% |
| Lab | 86 (+2 tell) | 0 | 42.7% |
| LDem | 38 | 0 | 55.1% |
| Total: | 138 | 52 | 28.2% |
All lords Eligible to Vote - sorted by party
Includes lords who were absent (or abstained) from this vote.