TEESIDE CHILDREN AND ANTI-RACIST INITIATIVES

Early day motion 981, tabled 17 July 2000 by Ashok Kumar (Labour). Signed by 54 members.

That this House congratulates the year six pupils and teachers of Saltburn Primary School in Teesside and across the UK for their recent project work in creating a wall of positive graffiti challenging racism, prejudice and bullying ; notes that education action zone funded projects have increased awareness of the problem of racist bullying within the classroom and the community as a whole; welcomes the work being done by Redcar and Cleveland Education Action Zone and urges other EAZs and LEAs to initiate similar projects; and wholeheartedly supports the proposed inclusion of work by children from Saltburn in Teesside, and across the UK in an international exhibition of art and literature to be held in Brussels, produced by and for young people and highlighting their knowledge of and opposition to racism of all kinds.

Signatures by party: Labour 45, Liberal Democrat 5, Labour/Co-operative 3, Independent 1.