FUNDING FOR STUDENT NURSES IN NORTHERN IRELAND

Early day motion 944, tabled 30 March 2004 by Iris Robinson (DUP). Signed by 23 members.

That this House recognises the difficulties in attracting young people to train as nurses; notes that nursing students in Northern Ireland on bursaries are at a disadvantage when compared to their counterparts in the rest of the United Kingdom, both in that they receive ú330 less per year, and that they are unable to enter the benefits system; and calls for urgent redress of these inequalities.

Signatures by party: Labour 11, DUP 5, Liberal Democrat 3, UUP 3, Conservative 1.