Selective Schools (Transitional Arrangements) — 16 Apr 2002 at 15:42
I beg to move,
That leave be given to bring in a Bill to establish that a maximum of five per cent. of pupils can be selected, by aptitude or ability, for admission to any state secondary school; to specify the period of time in which, and the means by which, those schools currently exceeding this percentage will be required to reduce their selective intake to five per cent.; to specify the criteria for such selection and the means by which schools should conduct assessments; and for connected purposes.
Question put, pursuant to Standing Order No. 23 (Motions for leave to bring in Bills and nomination of Select Committees at commencement of public business):-
The House divided: Ayes 163, Noes 112.
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| Diane Abbott | Hackney North and Stoke Newington | Lab | aye |
| Mr Richard Allan | Sheffield, Hallam | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Graham Allen | Nottingham North | Lab | aye |
| Michael Ancram | Devizes | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Candy Atherton | Falmouth and Camborne | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Atkinson | Bournemouth East | Con | no |
| Peter Atkinson | Hexham | Con | no |
| John Austin | Erith and Thamesmead | Lab | aye |
| Richard Bacon | South Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Adrian Bailey | West Bromwich West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Harry Barnes | North East Derbyshire | Lab | aye |
| John Baron | Billericay | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Barrett | Edinburgh West | LDem | aye |
| Anne Begg | Aberdeen South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Alan Beith | Berwick-upon-Tweed | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Henry Bellingham | North West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Andrew Bennett | Denton and Reddish | Lab | aye |
| John Bercow | Buckingham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Harold Best | Leeds North West | Lab | aye |
| Crispin Blunt | Reigate | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Borrow | South Ribble | Lab | aye |
| Tim Boswell | Daventry | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Bottomley | Worthing West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Graham Brady | Altrincham and Sale West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Brazier | Canterbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Kevin Brennan | Cardiff West | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Angela Browning | Tiverton and Honiton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Malcolm Bruce | Gordon | LDem | aye |
| Richard Burden | Birmingham, Northfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Colin Burgon | Elmet | Lab | aye |
| Andy Burnham | Leigh | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Simon Burns | West Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Burnside | South Antrim | whilst UUP | no |
| Alistair Burt | North East Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Butterfill | Bournemouth West | Con | no |
| Vincent Cable | Twickenham | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Cameron | Witney | Con (front bench) | no |
| Menzies Campbell | North East Fife | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Colin Challen | Morley and Rothwell | Lab | aye |
| Sir Sydney Chapman | Chipping Barnet | Con | no |
| David Chaytor | Bury North | Lab | aye |
| Mr David Chidgey | Eastleigh | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Kenneth Clarke | Rushcliffe | Con | no |
| Tom Clarke | Coatbridge and Chryston | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tony Clarke | Northampton South | Lab | aye |
| Geoffrey Clifton-Brown | Cotswold | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Clwyd | Cynon Valley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tim Collins | Westmorland and Lonsdale | Con | no |
| Michael Connarty | Falkirk East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Frank Cook | Stockton North | Lab | aye |
| Jeremy Corbyn | Islington North | Lab | aye |
| Patrick Cormack | South Staffordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ms Jean Corston | Bristol East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Brian Cotter | Weston-Super-Mare | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Cousins | Newcastle upon Tyne Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Tom Cox | Tooting | Lab | aye |
| David Crausby | Bolton North East | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Jon Cruddas | Dagenham | Lab | aye |
| John Cryer | Hornchurch | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Cummings | Easington | Lab | aye |
| Tony Cunningham | Workington | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mrs Valerie Davey | Bristol West | Lab | aye |
| Wayne David | Caerphilly | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ian Davidson | Glasgow Pollok | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Janet Dean | Burton | Lab | aye |
| Parmjit Dhanda | Gloucester | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Dismore | Hendon | Lab | aye |
| Jonathan Djanogly | Huntingdon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian H Donohoe | Cunninghame South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Ms Sue Doughty | Guildford | LDem | aye |
| Ms Julia Drown | South Swindon | Lab | aye |
| Alan Duncan | Rutland and Melton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Iain Duncan Smith | Chingford and Woodford Green | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gwyneth Dunwoody | Crewe and Nantwich | Lab | aye |
| Mr Huw Edwards | Monmouth | Lab | aye |
| Clive Efford | Eltham | Lab | aye |
| Michael Fabricant | Lichfield | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Mark Field | Cities of London and Westminster | Con | no |
| Mark Fisher | Stoke-on-Trent Central | Lab | aye |
| Mr Howard Flight | Arundel and South Downs | whilst Con | no |
| Paul Flynn | Newport West | Lab | aye |
| Barbara Follett | Stevenage | Lab | aye |
| Eric Forth | Bromley and Chislehurst | Con | no |
| Don Foster | Bath | LDem | aye |
| Mark Francois | Rayleigh | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Gale | North Thanet | Con (front bench) | no |
| George Galloway | Glasgow Kelvin | whilst Lab | aye |
| Barry Gardiner | Brent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew George | St Ives | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Nick Gibb | Bognor Regis and Littlehampton | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Gibson | Norwich North | Lab | aye |
| Dame Cheryl Gillan | Chesham and Amersham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Goggins | Wythenshawe and Sale East | Lab | aye |
| James Gray | North Wiltshire | Con | no |
| Chris Grayling | Epsom and Ewell | Con (front bench) | no |
| Damian Green | Ashford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Greenway | Ryedale | Con | no |
| Mr Win Griffiths | Bridgend | Lab | aye |
| John Gummer | Suffolk Coastal | Con (front bench) | no |
| William Hague | Richmond (Yorks) | Con | no |
| David Hamilton | Midlothian | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Philip Hammond | Runnymede and Weybridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Evan Harris | Oxford West and Abingdon | LDem | aye |
| Nick Harvey | North Devon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| John Hayes | South Holland and The Deepings | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Heath | Somerton and Frome | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mark Hendrick | Preston | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Charles Hendry | Wealden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Sylvia Hermon | North Down | UUP (front bench) | no |
| Mark Hoban | Fareham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Paul Holmes | Chesterfield | LDem | aye |
| Kelvin Hopkins | Luton North | Lab | aye |
| Michael Howard | Folkestone and Hythe | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gerald Howarth | Aldershot | Con (front bench) | no |
| Joan Humble | Blackpool North and Fleetwood | Lab | aye |
| Mr Andrew Hunter | Basingstoke | whilst Con | no |
| Brian Iddon | Bolton South East | Lab | aye |
| Eric Illsley | Barnsley Central | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Helen Jackson | Sheffield, Hillsborough | Lab | aye |
| Bernard Jenkin | North Essex | Con (front bench) | no |
| Brian Jenkins | Tamworth | Lab | aye |
| Boris Johnson | Henley | Con | no |
| Helen Jones | Warrington North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jon Owen Jones | Cardiff Central | Lab | aye |
| Lynne Jones | Birmingham, Selly Oak | Lab | tellaye |
| Martyn Jones | Clwyd South | Lab | aye |
| Mr Nigel Jones | Cheltenham | LDem | aye |
| Alan Keen | Feltham and Heston | Lab | aye |
| Paul Keetch | Hereford | LDem | aye |
| Charles Kennedy | Ross, Skye and Inverness West | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Robert Key | Salisbury | Con | no |
| Piara S Khabra | Ealing, Southall | Lab | aye |
| David Kidney | Stafford | Lab | aye |
| Peter Kilfoyle | Liverpool, Walton | Lab | aye |
| Ms Oona King | Bethnal Green and Bow | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Julie Kirkbride | Bromsgrove | Con | no |
| Mr Archy Kirkwood | Roxburgh and Berwickshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Jim Knight | South Dorset | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Stephen Ladyman | South Thanet | Lab | tellaye |
| Jacqui Lait | Beckenham | Con | no |
| Norman Lamb | North Norfolk | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Lansley | South Cambridgeshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Lepper | Brighton, Pavilion | Lab | aye |
| Oliver Letwin | West Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Julian Lewis | New Forest East | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Terry Lewis | Worsley | Lab | aye |
| Ian Liddell-Grainger | Bridgwater | Con (front bench) | no |
| David Lidington | Aylesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Martin Linton | Battersea | Lab | aye |
| Tony Lloyd | Manchester Central | Lab | aye |
| Elfyn Llwyd | Meirionnydd Nant Conwy | PC (front bench) | aye |
| Tim Loughton | East Worthing and Shoreham | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ian Lucas | Wrexham | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Peter Luff | Mid Worcestershire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew MacKay | Bracknell | Con | no |
| Andrew MacKinlay | Thurrock | Lab | aye |
| David Maclean | Penrith and The Border | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mrs Alice Mahon | Halifax | Lab | aye |
| Humfrey Malins | Woking | Con | no |
| John Maples | Stratford-on-Avon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Gordon Marsden | Blackpool South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Paul Marsden | Shrewsbury and Atcham | whilst LDem | aye |
| Dr Jim Marshall | Leicester South | Lab | aye |
| Robert Marshall-Andrews | Medway | Lab | aye |
| Eric Martlew | Carlisle | Lab | aye |
| Michael Mates | East Hampshire | Con | no |
| Francis Maude | Horsham | Con | no |
| Theresa May | Maidenhead | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris McCafferty | Calder Valley | Lab | aye |
| John Martin McDonnell | Hayes and Harlington | Lab | aye |
| Anne McIntosh | Vale of York | Con (front bench) | no |
| Patrick McLoughlin | West Derbyshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Tony McWalter | Hemel Hempstead | Lab | aye |
| Alan Meale | Mansfield | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Patrick Mercer | Newark | Con | no |
| Andrew Mitchell | Sutton Coldfield | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Mole | Ipswich | Lab | aye |
| Michael Moore | Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Malcolm Moss | North East Cambridgeshire | Con | no |
| Chris Mullin | Sunderland South | Lab | aye |
| Meg Munn | Sheffield, Heeley | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Murrison | Westbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Archie Norman | Tunbridge Wells | Con | no |
| Stephen O'Brien | Eddisbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Edward O'Hara | Knowsley South | Lab | aye |
| Mark Oaten | Winchester | LDem | aye |
| George Osborne | Tatton | Con (front bench) | tellno |
| Richard Ottaway | Croydon South | Con (front bench) | no |
| Albert Owen | Ynys Môn | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Richard Page | South West Hertfordshire | Con | no |
| Owen Paterson | North Shropshire | Con | no |
| Eric Pickles | Brentwood and Ongar | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Colin Pickthall | West Lancashire | Lab | aye |
| Mr Peter Pike | Burnley | Lab | aye |
| James Plaskitt | Warwick and Leamington | Lab | aye |
| Steve Pound | Ealing North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Gordon Prentice | Pendle | Lab | aye |
| Adam Price | Carmarthen East and Dinefwr | PC | aye |
| Mark Prisk | Hertford and Stortford | Con (front bench) | no |
| John Pugh | Southport | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Ken Purchase | Wolverhampton North East | Lab | aye |
| John Randall | Uxbridge | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mr Syd Rapson | Portsmouth North | Lab | aye |
| John Redwood | Wokingham | Con | no |
| Alan Reid | Argyll and Bute | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Andrew Robathan | Blaby | Con (front bench) | no |
| Hugh Robertson | Faversham and Mid Kent | Con | no |
| Laurence Robertson | Tewkesbury | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Robinson | Belfast East | DUP | no |
| Mrs Marion Roe | Broxbourne | Con | no |
| Andrew Rosindell | Romford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Chris Ruane | Vale of Clwyd | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Joan Ruddock | Lewisham, Deptford | Lab | aye |
| Bob Russell | Colchester | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Adrian Sanders | Torbay | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mohammad Sarwar | Glasgow Govan | Lab | aye |
| Mr Malcolm Savidge | Aberdeen North | Lab | aye |
| Mr Phil Sawford | Kettering | Lab | aye |
| Mr Jonathan Sayeed | Mid Bedfordshire | whilst Con | no |
| Mr Brian Sedgemore | Hackney South and Shoreditch | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Selous | South West Bedfordshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Jonathan R Shaw | Chatham and Aylesford | Lab | aye |
| Mrs Gillian Shephard | South West Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Mark Simmonds | Boston and Skegness | Con (front bench) | no |
| Alan Simpson | Nottingham South | Lab | aye |
| Keith Simpson | Mid Norfolk | Con (front bench) | no |
| Marsha Singh | Bradford West | Lab | aye |
| Dennis Skinner | Bolsover | Lab (minister) | aye |
| John Smith | Vale of Glamorgan | Lab | aye |
| Caroline Spelman | Meriden | Con (front bench) | no |
| Bob Spink | Castle Point | Con | no |
| Richard Spring | West Suffolk | Con | no |
| Phyllis Starkey | Milton Keynes South West | Lab | aye |
| Gavin Strang | Edinburgh East and Musselburgh | Lab | aye |
| Gary Streeter | South West Devon | Con (front bench) | no |
| Andrew Stunell | Hazel Grove | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Desmond Swayne | New Forest West | Con (front bench) | no |
| Robert Syms | Poole | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Tapsell | Louth and Horncastle | Con | no |
| Mr John Taylor | Solihull | Con | no |
| Matthew Taylor | Truro and St Austell | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Simon Thomas | Ceredigion | PC | aye |
| John Thurso | Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Michael Trend | Windsor | Con | no |
| Jon Trickett | Hemsworth | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Andrew Turner | Isle of Wight | Con (front bench) | no |
| Desmond Turner | Brighton, Kemptown | Lab | aye |
| Mr Paul Tyler | North Cornwall | LDem | aye |
| Mr Bill Tynan | Hamilton South | Lab | aye |
| Andrew Tyrie | Chichester | Con (front bench) | no |
| Peter Viggers | Gosport | Con | no |
| Rudi Vis | Finchley and Golders Green | Lab | aye |
| Joan Walley | Stoke-on-Trent North | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Robert Walter | North Dorset | Con (front bench) | no |
| Nigel Waterson | Eastbourne | Con | no |
| Steve Webb | Northavon | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Mr Brian White | North East Milton Keynes | Lab | aye |
| John Whittingdale | Maldon and East Chelmsford | Con (front bench) | no |
| Ann Widdecombe | Maidstone and The Weald | Con | no |
| Bill Wiggin | Leominster | Con (front bench) | no |
| Roger Williams | Brecon and Radnorshire | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| Phil Willis | Harrogate and Knaresborough | LDem (front bench) | aye |
| David Wilshire | Spelthorne | Con | no |
| Nicholas Winterton | Macclesfield | Con | no |
| Mike Wood | Batley and Spen | Lab | aye |
| Shaun Woodward | St Helens South | Lab (minister) | aye |
| Mr Tony Worthington | Clydebank and Milngavie | Lab | aye |
| David Wright | Telford | Lab (minister) | aye |
| George Young | North West Hampshire | Con (front bench) | no |
| Richard Younger-Ross | Teignbridge | LDem | aye |
