§ Mrs. Patsy Calton (Cheadle) (LD)I bring to the House a petition of 519 signatures, collected by the students of Cheadle Hulme college as part of their activities for the global campaign for education. It states:
To the House of Commons.
The Petition of the parents, staff and students of Cheadle Hulme college, of Wood: Lane, Cheadle Hulme, in Cheadle constituency declares
That parents, staff and students regard education as a basic human right and the key to raising people out of poverty, and believe that school equipment is important for this.
The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urge Her Majesty's Government to introduce legislation to provide funding for school equipment for free compulsory public education globally, and in particular for children and women and all disadvantaged and deprived sections of society.
§ And the Petitioner remain, etc.
§ To lie upon the Table.