MPs debate Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA)
20 January 2011 (updated on 20 January 2011)
Shadow Education Secretary, Andy Burnham, moved an Oppostion Day debate in the House of Commons on Wednesday 19 January 2010 on the Education Maintenance Allowance (EMA) in England.
The Opposition motion was defeated. Watch and read the views expressed by MPs who took part in the debate. A list of those MPs that voted can be found at the end of the debate in Commons Hansard.
- Video and Audio: Education Maintenance Allowance
- Commons Hansard: Education Maintenance Allowance
- Commons Hansard: Voting list of MPs
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