Primary Education (Cheshire)

Petitions – in the House of Commons at 10:09 pm on 13 July 2009.

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Photo of Stephen O'Brien Stephen O'Brien Shadow Minister (Health) 10:09, 13 July 2009

It is my privilege to present a petition gathered by residents and supporters in a village in my constituency called Farndon. It is only a small village, but a phenomenal proportion of its inhabitants have been secured as petitioners; there are 1,063 signatures, which is testimony to their earnestness and the importance of the issue.

The petition states:

The Petition of residents in Farndon and its surrounding district in the Eddisbury parliamentary constituency in the county of Cheshire and those interested in the maintenance of primary education in Farndon,

Declares that the maintenance of primary education at Farndon school is vital for the interests of current and future pupils and is of crucial importance and benefit to the wider communities which it serves as an essential component of education in Cheshire; that the state of the buildings, classrooms and common facilities is wholly inadequate; that provision of suitable areas for recreation is in grave need of being made available, or brought up to standard to meet the needs of the children at the school; that the research in its design, costings and planning of the necessary improvements, as detailed in the school's feasibility plan, are well advanced and offer a best practice, value for money solution to the current deficit of provision; and that the education authority, Cheshire West and Chester council, provides the resources necessary to enable the school's feasibility plan to be put into effect.

The Petitioners therefore request that the House of Commons urges the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to take steps to promote the proposal to make adequate provision at Farndon primary school and to rededicate support for the continuing high quality education at this establishment.

And the Petitioners remain, etc.

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