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LONDON AND FRINGE AREA TEACHERS' ALLOWANCES

EDM (Early Day Motion) 445A2: tabled on 22 January 2003

Tabled in the 2002-03 session.

This motion has been signed by 1 Member. It is an amendment to an existing motion.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

This is an amendment to an existing motion

This motion was originally tabled by Jeremy Corbyn on 19 December 2002. This is amendment number 2.

View details of the original motion

Suggested amendment

leave out 'fringe areas' and insert 'adjacent counties; and notes also that housing costs are often higher in the adjacent counties than in the outer London boroughs and that there is no justification for discrimination against teachers in the adjacent counties in setting cost of living allowances.'.

Original motion text

That this House notes that teachers working in schools in inner and outer London and the fringe areas do invaluable work; further notes that the current cost of living allowances paid to these teachers are too low; acknowledges the difficulties experienced by many head teachers in dealing with staff resignations due to lack of affordable accommodation; notes the burden placed on school budgets by the high cost of supply teachers to fill the resulting vacancies; and calls on the Government to recognise the key status of teachers by paying them allowances comparable with other vital workers such as the police, and relative to the high cost of living in London and the fringe areas.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

There are no withdrawn signatures for this amendment.