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Teaching of British History in Schools Bill 2008-09

Type of Bill:
Private Members' Bill (under the Ten Minute Rule, SO No 23)
Sponsor:
Andrew Rosindell

Progress of the Bill

Bill started in the House of Commons

  1. House of Commons
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  2. House of Lords
    1. 1st reading
    2. 2nd reading
    3. Committee stage
    4. Report stage
    5. 3rd reading
  3. Consideration of Amendments
  4. Royal Assent

Last event

Latest Bill

House Bill Date
Commons Bill as introduced | PDF version, 71KB 14.10.2009

Latest news on the Bill

This Bill was presented to Parliament on 4 March. This is known as First Reading and there was no debate on the Bill at this stage.

This Bill was on the Order Paper for a Second Reading on several Fridays before being dropped by its sponsor, Andrew Rosindell.

 

Summary of the Bill

The Bill would amend the Education Act 2002 to provide for the teaching of British history in the first, second and third key stages of the National Curriculum for England. British history is defined in the Bill as 'the history of the shaping of the socio-economic and geopolitical structure of British society and the British state, taught in such a manner as to give pupils a comprehensive narrative of key events which have occurred in, or have affected, the British Isles.'

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