§ Mr. Roger Sims (Chislehurst)I beg to ask leave to present a petition on behalf of Stockwell College of Education, Bromley. The prayer of the petition is as follows:
To the Honourable the Commons of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland in Parliament assembled. The Humble Petition of the undersigned sheweth.
§ The House divided: Ayes 58, Noes 89.
365| Division No. 98] | AYES | [8.40 p.m. |
| Arnold, Tom | Durant, Tony | Monro, Hector |
| Atkins, Rt. Hon. H. (Spelthorne) | Elliott, Sir William | Newton, Tony |
| Beith, A. J. | Eyre, Reginald | Nott, John |
| Bell, Ronald | Farr, John | Page, Rt. Hon. R. Graham (Crosby) |
| Bennett, Dr. Reginald (Fareham) | Fookes, Miss Janet | Penhaligon, David |
| Benyon, W. | Glyn, Dr. Alan | Ridsdale, Julian |
| Berry, Hon. Anthony | Grant, Anthony (Harrow C.) | Shepherd, Colin |
| Bottomley, Peter | Gray, Hamish | Silvester, Fred |
| Bowden, A. (Brighton, Kemptown) | Grist, Ian | Sims, Roger |
| Brooke, Peter | Hampson, Dr. Keith | Spence, John |
| Brotherton, Michael | Hayhoe, Barney | Stewart, Ian (Hitchin) |
| Buchanan-Smith, Alick | Hunt, David (Wirral) | Stradling Thomas, J. |
| Butler, Adam (Bosworth) | Jenkin, Rt. Hon. P. (Wanst'd & W'df'd) | Thatcher, Rt. Hon. Margaret |
| Chalker, Mrs. Lynda | Jessel, Toby | Wakeham, John |
| Channon, Paul | Kilfedder, James | Weatherill, Bernard |
| Cooke, Robert (Bristol W.) | Le Merchant, Spencer | Younger, Hon. George |
| Cormack, Patrick | McAdden, Sir Stephen | |
| Crouch, David | Macfarlane, Neil | TELLERS FOR THE AYES: |
| Dean, Paul (N. Somerset) | Marshall, Michael (Arundel) | Mr. Percy Grieve and |
| Douglas-Hamilton, Lord James | Meyer, Sir Anthony | Mr. Stephen Ross. |
| Drayson, Burnaby | Moate, Roger |
| NOES | ||
| Armstrong, Ernest | Grant, George (Morpeth) | Price, William (Rugby) |
| Ashton, Joe | Hamilton, James (Bothwell) | Richardson, Miss Jo |
| Barnett, Guy (Greenwich) | Harper, Joseph | Roderick, Caerwyn |
| Bennett, Andrew (Stockport N) | Hooley, Frank | Rodgers, George (Chorley) |
| Bidwell, Sydney | Horam, John | Rooker, J. W. |
| Bishop, E. S. | Hughes, Rt. Hon. C. (Anglesey) | Ross, Rt. Hon. W. (Kilmarnock) |
| Booth, Rt. Hon. Albert | Hunter, Adam | Sedgemore, Brian |
| Bray, Dr. Jeremy | Jeger, Mrs. Lena | Skinner, Dennis |
| Buchanan, Richard | Jenkins, Hugh (Putney) | Small, William |
| Callaghan, Jim (Middleton & P.) | John, Brynmor | Spriggs, Leslie |
| Campbell, Ian | Johnson, James (Hull West) | Stallard, A. W. |
| Canavan, Dennis | Jones, Dan (Burnley) | Stewart, Rt. Hon. M. (Fulham) |
| Cant, R. B. | Kerr, Russell | Taylor, Mrs. Ann (Bolton W.) |
| Cocks, Rt. Hon. Michael | Lamborn, Harry | Thomas, Jeffrey (Abertillery) |
| Cohen, Stanley | Lee, John | Tinn, James |
| Coleman, Donald | Lipton, Marcus | Tomney, Frank |
| Cox, Thomas (Tooting) | Loyden, Eddie | Wainwright, Edwin (Dearne V) |
| Crowther, Stan (Rotherham) | Lyons, Edward (Bradford W.) | Walker, Harold (Doncaster) |
| Cryer, Bob | McDonald, Dr. Oonagh | Walker, Terry (Kingswood) |
| Davies, Ifor (Gower) | McNamara, Kevin | Ward, Michael |
| Dean, Joseph (Leeds West) | Madden, Max | Watkins, David |
| Dempsey, James | Marks, Kenneth | White, James (Pollok) |
| Doig, Peter | Maynard, Miss Joan | Whitlock, William |
| Dormand, J. D. | Mendelson, John | Wilson, Alexander (Hamilton) |
| Duffy, A. E. P. | Molloy, William | Wise, Mrs. Audrey |
| Dunn, James A. | Moyle, Roland | Woodall, Alec |
| Ellis, John (Brigg & Scun) | Murray, Rt. Hon. Ronald King | Young, David (Bolton E) |
| Ewing, Harry (Stirling) | Oakes, Gordon | |
| Fletcher, Ted (Darlington) | Orme, Rt. Hon. Stanley | TELLERS FOR THE NOES: |
| George, Bruce | Parker, John | Mr. Arnold Shaw and |
| Graham, Ted | Pavitt, Laurie | Mr. John Cartwright. |
§
That a meeting at Stockwell College of Education, held on Wednesday 23rd February 1977, and attended by teachers from throughout the South East of England, as well as Members of Parliament, prospective parliamentary candidates, Bromley councillors, college staff and former students, unanimously passed the following resolution:
This meeting deplores the proposal of the Secretary of State to end initial training at the Bromley Institute of Higher Education (Stockwell College) and urges her to reconsider the proposal on the following grounds:—
Wherefore your Petitioners pray your Honourable House to acknowledge the wide support for this resolution and actively to resist the said proposal in every possible way.
And your Petitioners, as in duty bound, will ever pray, &c.
§ The signatures on the petition are those of the Mayor of the London borough of Bromley, the President of the Bromley National Union of Teachers, the President of the South-East Branch of the Association of Headmistresses, the Vicar of Bromley, a professor of mathematics at London University and the Chairman of the Education Committee of the London borough of Bromley.
§ I hope in a few moments to be able to dilate a little more upon the points made in the petition, but at present I confine myself to saying that although it covers only the names to which I referred it is similar to a petition that was widely circulated throughout the area and attracted 11,500 signatures.
§ To lie upon the Table.