MPs debated e-petition on Millie’s Trust campaign on nursery training
15 December 2014
On Monday 15 December, MPs debated an e-petition relating to Millie’s Trust campaign to train all nursery nurses in paediatric first aid. This debate was scheduled by the Backbench Business Committee.
Watch the debate and read the transcript
The debate was opened by Mark Hunter, Liberal Democrat MP for Cheadle, in Westminster Hall. Shadow Education Minister Kevin Brennan responded to the debate on behalf of the Opposition. Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education, Sam Gyimah, responded to the debate on behalf of the Government.
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E-petition
This debate relates to the e-petition on Millie’s Trust campaign to train all nursery nurses in paediatric first aid.
Backbench Business Committee
The Backbench Business Committee meets weekly on Tuesdays at 3pm to consider requests for debates from any backbench Members of Parliament on any subject, including those raised in e-petitions or national campaigns.
An MP must make a representation before the Committee for an e-petition or petition to be debated; e-petitions exceeding the Government's 100,000 signature threshold are not automatically allocated backbench time.
The Committee then has to decide how to allocate the limited Parliamentary time it has at its disposal. The Committee's meetings are always conducted in public and can be watched on Parliament TV.