PRIVATE SCHOOLS

Early day motion 744, tabled 18 November 2013 by George Galloway (Respect). Signed by 3 members.

That this House wholeheartedly agrees with the Prime Minister that there must be much greater social mobility in British society; wonders that he has appointed the number of members of his Cabinet and close advisers from Eton and other private schools; notes that his Government has scrapped the educational maintenance allowance, allowed private school fees to be exempt from VAT and permitted universities to massively hike their fees to the detriment of working class aspirants; and urges him to insist to the Chancellor of the Exchequer that one significant way of tackling this problem would be to remove the charitable status of the public school sector.

Signatures by party: Labour 2, Respect 1.