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Surely if schools did more training, people would be more confident?","committee_note":"","state":"open","signature_count":28,"closing_date":"2027-04-21","created_at":"2026-09-27T09:08:39.750Z","updated_at":"2026-10-22T00:15:10.000Z","rejected_at":null,"opened_at":"2026-10-21T09:07:07.694Z","closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2026-09-27T09:15:20.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_on":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"creator_name":"Katelyn Millar","rejection":null,"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[{"acronym":"DfE","name":"Department for Education","url":"https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-education"}],"topics":[],"signatures_by_country":[{"name":"United Kingdom","code":"GB","signature_count":28}],"signatures_by_constituency":[{"name":"Basildon and Billericay","ons_code":"E14001077","mp":"Rt Hon Richard Holden MP","signature_count":2},{"name":"Blyth and Ashington","ons_code":"E14001107","mp":"Ian Lavery MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chingford and Woodford Green","ons_code":"E14001167","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Iain Duncan Smith MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Chippenham","ons_code":"E14001168","mp":"Sarah Gibson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Corby and East Northamptonshire","ons_code":"E14001179","mp":"Lee Barron MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme","ons_code":"E14001199","mp":"Lee Pitcher MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Wiltshire","ons_code":"E14001217","mp":"Danny Kruger MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Erewash","ons_code":"E14001228","mp":"Adam Thompson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Gillingham and Rainham","ons_code":"E14001246","mp":"Naushabah Khan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Hertsmere","ons_code":"E14001284","mp":"Rt Hon Sir Oliver Dowden MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Houghton and Sunderland South","ons_code":"E14001295","mp":"Rt Hon Bridget Phillipson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Kingswinford and South Staffordshire","ons_code":"E14001316","mp":"Mike Wood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Middlesbrough and Thornaby East","ons_code":"E14001367","mp":"Andy McDonald MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North West Hampshire","ons_code":"E14001403","mp":"Rt Hon Kit Malthouse MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Smethwick","ons_code":"E14001478","mp":"Gurinder Singh Josan MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"St Neots and Mid Cambridgeshire","ons_code":"E14001512","mp":"Ian Sollom MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Stevenage","ons_code":"E14001516","mp":"Kevin Bonavia MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"The Wrekin","ons_code":"E14001543","mp":"Rt Hon Mark Pritchard MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Truro and Falmouth","ons_code":"E14001554","mp":"Jayne Kirkham MP","signature_count":3},{"name":"Washington and Gateshead South","ons_code":"E14001567","mp":"Mrs Sharon Hodgson MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Foyle","ons_code":"N05000008","mp":"Colum Eastwood MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Midlothian","ons_code":"S14000045","mp":"Kirsty McNeill MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Arbroath and Broughty Ferry","ons_code":"S14000066","mp":"Lara Bird MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"North East Fife","ons_code":"S14000100","mp":"Wendy Chamberlain MP","signature_count":1},{"name":"Central Ayrshire","ons_code":"S14000109","mp":"Alan Gemmell MP","signature_count":1}],"signatures_by_region":[{"name":"North East","ons_code":"A","signature_count":4},{"name":"Yorkshire and The Humber","ons_code":"D","signature_count":1},{"name":"East Midlands","ons_code":"E","signature_count":2},{"name":"West Midlands","ons_code":"F","signature_count":3},{"name":"East of England","ons_code":"G","signature_count":5},{"name":"London","ons_code":"H","signature_count":1},{"name":"South East","ons_code":"J","signature_count":2},{"name":"South West","ons_code":"K","signature_count":5},{"name":"Scotland","ons_code":"M","signature_count":4},{"name":"Northern Ireland","ons_code":"N","signature_count":1}],"other_parliamentary_business":[]}}}