EXCELLENCE CHALLENGE IN GLOUCESTER

Early day motion 330, tabled 10 December 2002 by Parmjit Dhanda (Labour). Signed by 19 members.

That this House notes that, at present, only 28 per cent. of entrants to higher education are from disadvantaged backgrounds; believes that children with no history of higher education in their family background should have the opportunity of benefiting from higher education; and welcomes the launch of the Excellence Challenge in Gloucester, which will encourage and enable hundreds of local children from ordinary working families to become the graduates of the future.

Signatures by party: Labour 15, Conservative 2, Labour/Co-operative 1, Liberal Democrat 1.