Child Exploitation

EDM number 890 in 1992-93, proposed by Joan Lestor on 19/11/1992.

That this House is appalled by increasing child poverty, inadequate resourcing of the Children Act and the lack of responsiveness by Government departments to the rights and needs of children; notes that 20th November is International Children's Rights Day and Children in Need Day in Britain; urges the Government to campaign against child exploitation in all forms in all countries, for example, the use of children to mine coal in Colombia; and calls on the Government to appoint a Minister for Children and an independent children's rights commissioner as important first steps to improving the lives of Britain's children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 135 MPs.