division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [5th allotted day] &#8212; Infant Class Sizes
motion: <p class="" pid="b.348.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="b.348.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes that the number of infants taught in classes of over 30 has risen by 200 per cent since 2010, to over 93,000 children; also notes that the Government relaxed the rules on infant class sizes; further notes that the Conservative Party manifesto in 2010 pledged to create small schools with smaller class sizes; believes that the Government&#8217;s decision to prioritise capital spending in areas without shortages of places through the free school programme has led to chronic pressures on primary school places and has created classes of more than 70 pupils; and believes that capital spending for school places should be prioritised to areas with the greatest pressures on places.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.394.1/1" pwmotiontext="yes">Question put forthwith, That the Question be now put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.394.1/2" pwmotiontext="yes">Question agreed to.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.394.1/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Main Question accordingly put.</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="b.394.1/4" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="b.394.1/5" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 200, Noes 296.</p>