division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [19th Allotted Day] &#8212; UNHCR Syrian Refugees Programme &#8212; Teaching Quality
motion: <p class="" pid="a.922.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.922.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House believes that no school system can surpass the quality of its teachers; and therefore resolves that all teachers in all state-funded schools should be qualified or working towards Qualified Teacher Status, be undertaking ongoing continuing professional development and have their skills and knowledge re-validated throughout their careers in order to support them to excel in the classroom, to improve learning outcomes for all children in all schools, to uphold discipline in the classroom, to tailor their teaching to children with special educational needs and to close the attainment gap between disadvantaged children and their peers.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.930.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move an amendment, to leave out from &#8220;House&#8221; to the end of the Question and add:</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="a.930.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;notes that the Coalition Government is committed to raising the quality and status of teaching; acknowledges the significant progress made since 2010 in achieving those aims; recognises that the part of the Coalition led by the Deputy Prime Minister believes that all state-funded schools should employ teachers with or working towards Qualified Teacher Status; also recognises that the part of the Coalition led by the Prime Minister believes that free schools and academies should retain the freedom to hire the best teachers regardless of whether they hold Qualified Teacher Status; and registers the fact that the number of teachers without Qualified Teacher Status has fallen under this Government.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p pid="a.969.7/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put (<phrase class="standing-order" code="31(2)" pwmotiontext="yes">Standing Order No. 31(2)</phrase>, That the original words stand part of the Question.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="a.969.7/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="a.969.7/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 229, Noes 300.</p>