division_name: Opposition Day &#8212; [3rd Allotted Day] &#8212; Secondary Education (GCSEs)
motion: <p class="" pid="c.175.3/1" pwmotiontext="yes">I beg to move,</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.175.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">That this House notes the forthcoming consultation on the restructuring of the secondary education system; further notes the proposals reported in the press on <phrase class="date" code="2012-06-21">Thursday 21 June</phrase> of Government plans for replacing GCSEs with an O-Level and CSE system; believes that these proposals could, in the words of the Deputy Prime Minister, &#8216;lead to a two tier system where children at quite a young age are somehow cast on a scrap heap&#8217;; and calls on the Government to ensure any proposal for changes to the secondary education system are subject to approval by the House.</p>
  
  <p class="" pid="c.181.2/1" 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="c.181.2/2" pwmotiontext="yes">&#8220;notes the forthcoming consultation on the secondary school qualifications and curriculum framework; welcomes the opportunity to address the weaknesses of the system introduced by the previous Administration, which undermined confidence in standards, increased inequality and led to a reduction in the take-up of core subjects such as modern languages, history, geography and the sciences; and calls for proposals which are approved by Parliament and which are based on the principles of high standards for all, greater curriculum freedom, and a qualifications and curriculum framework which supports and stretches every child and which boosts social mobility.&#8221;</p>
  
  <p class="italic" pid="c.219.3/1" 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="c.219.3/2" pwmotiontext="yes">The House divided:</p>
  
  <p pid="c.219.3/3" pwmotiontext="yes">Ayes 222, Noes 298.</p>