Schools Bill — House of Commons, 2022-07-13
Topic: Other
John Michael Howell (Conservative, Centre-right): I should declare straightaway that I have taken on this petition from my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart). I will start by pointing out how welcome the tradition of presenting petitions in the Chamber is, to ensure that voices that otherwise might not be heard, should be heard I present a petition from some 50 of my constituents. I present this petition also on behalf of the following Members, who have indicated that I have permission so to do: my hon. Friend the Member for Beverley and Holderness (Graham Stuart); my right hon. Friend the Member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton (Nick Gibb); the hon. Member for Caerphilly (Wayne David); my right hon. Friend the Member for Central Devon (Mel Stride); my hon. Friend the Member for Cheadle (Mary Robinson); my right hon. Friend the Member for Chipping Barnet (Theresa Villiers); my hon. Friend the Member for Colne Valley (Jason McCartney); my hon. Friend the Member for Crawley (Henry Smith); my hon. Friend the Member for The Cotswolds (Sir Geoffrey Clifton-Brown); my hon. Friend the Member for Dartford (Gareth Johnson); my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling); the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead (Abena Oppong-Asare); my right hon. Friend the Member for Hemel Hempstead (Sir Mike Penning); my hon. Friend the Member for Huntingdon (Mr Djanogly); the right hon. Member for Kingston upon Hull North (Dame Diana Johnson); my hon. Friend the Member for Loughborough (Jane Hunt); my right hon. Friend the Member for Ludlow (Philip Dunne); the hon. Member for Mitcham and Morden (Siobhain McDonagh); my hon. Friend the Member for Mid Derbyshire (Mrs Latham); my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Gary Sambrook); the hon. Member for Nottingham East (Nadia Whittome); the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon (Layla Moran); my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mark Pawsey); my hon. Friend the Member for Rushcliffe (Ruth Edwards); my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Alicia Kearns); my hon. Friend the Member for Scunthorpe (Holly Mumby-Croft); my hon. Friend the Member for South Derbyshire (Mrs Wheeler); my hon. Friend the Member for South West Bedfordshire (Andrew Selous); my right hon. Friend the Member for South West Wiltshire (Dr Murrison); my right hon. Friend the Member for Suffolk Coastal (Dr Coffey); the hon. Member for St Albans (Daisy Cooper); the hon. Member for Stalybridge and Hyde (Jonathan Reynolds); the right hon. Member for Walsall South (Valerie Vaz); the hon. Member for Warwick and Leamington (Matt Western); and the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) In addition, I have similar petitions from a minimum of 450 constituencies throughout the UK, where I have not heard from the MP and where I have not struggled down with the boxes full of copies The petition states: The petition of residents of the constituency of Henley, Declares that the petitioners reject the imposition of an expensive, disproportionate, invasive and ill-judged registration and monitoring system for home-educated children, which undermines the long-standing statutory recognition of the primacy of parents in determining the education of their children The petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons remove parts 3 and 4 of the Schools Bill and urge the Government urgently to conduct proper independent research into the outcome of home educated children and further, that the Government provide tangible support for home educating families, including in the provision of access to examinations And the petitioners remain, etc [P002746]