Education Bill — Abolish Independent Appeals Panels — rejected — 24 Feb 2005 at 11:00
Baroness Kennedy of The Shaws was absent
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
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% |
Rebel Voters - sorted by party
Lords for which their vote in this division differed from the majority vote of their party. You can see all votes in this division, or every eligible lord who could have voted in this division
Name | Party | Vote |
Lord Bridges | Crossbench | aye |
Baroness Greengross | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Molyneaux of Killead | Crossbench | aye |
Lord Williamson of Horton | Crossbench (front bench) | aye |