World Summit For Social Development

EDM number 619 in 1994-95, proposed by Jean Corston on 15/02/1995.

That this House welcomes the United Nations initiative in calling the World Summit for Social Development in Copenhagen on 6th to 12th March notes the careful preparation during 1993-1995 at different UN meetings of a Declaration and Action Programme giving top priority to three social objectives - the eradication of poverty, full employment and social integration; welcomes the decision of nearly 100 Heads of State, including Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand to attend the Summit; deplores the continuing indecision of the Prime Minister about his attendance; points out that the Government has done little throughout the last two years in readiness for the Summit, whilst substantial reports about the deteriorating social situation, especially affecting children, in rich countries, including the United Kingdom, as well as in poor countries, have been published, on the basis of national and international consultations and workshops, by other European Governments and also by UNRISD, UNDP and UNICEF; considers that growing poverty and social polarisation during the 1980s and 1990s is becoming endemic in the United Kingdom and in many other countries throughout the world; recognises that this requires urgent publication of the whole truth about social conditions and failed economic policies, and a determination to change national and international policies to radically diminish poverty, create many more jobs, diminish all forms of discrimination and establish social stability; and consequently calls on the Prime Minister to endorse the Declaration and Action Programme and confirm that he will represent the United Kingdom Government at the World Summit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 137 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jean Corston	15/02/1995	Bristol East		Proposed
Tam Dalyell	15/02/1995	Linlithgow		Signed
Bryan Davies	15/02/1995	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Terry Davis	15/02/1995	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
John Denham	15/02/1995	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	15/02/1995	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Angela Eagle	15/02/1995	Wallasey		Signed
Bill Etherington	15/02/1995	Sunderland North		Signed
George Foulkes	15/02/1995	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Signed
Maria Fyfe	15/02/1995	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Neil Gerrard	15/02/1995	Walthamstow		Signed
Robin Corbett	15/02/1995	Birmingham, Erdington		Signed
Harry Cohen	15/02/1995	Leyton		Signed
Ann Coffey	15/02/1995	Stockport		Signed
Bill Olner	15/02/1995	Nuneaton		Signed
Martin O'Neill	15/02/1995	Clackmannan		Signed
Keith Bradley	15/02/1995	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Stephen Byers	15/02/1995	Wallsend		Signed
Richard Caborn	15/02/1995	Sheffield Central		Signed
Anne Campbell	15/02/1995	Cambridge		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	15/02/1995	Workington		Signed
Jamie Cann	15/02/1995	Ipswich		Signed
Judith Church	15/02/1995	Dagenham		Signed
Ann Clwyd	15/02/1995	Cynon Valley		Signed
Mildred Gordon	15/02/1995	Bow and Poplar		Signed
Win Griffiths	15/02/1995	Bridgend		Signed
George Stevenson	15/02/1995	Stoke-on-Trent South		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	15/02/1995	Bradford South		Signed
Jack Thompson	15/02/1995	Wansbeck		Signed
Stephen Timms	15/02/1995	Newham North East		Signed
Paddy Tipping	15/02/1995	Sherwood		Signed
Dennis Turner	15/02/1995	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Robert Wareing	15/02/1995	Liverpool, West Derby		Signed
Mike Watson	15/02/1995	Glasgow Central		Signed
Malcolm Wicks	15/02/1995	Croydon North West		Signed
Alan Williams	15/02/1995	Swansea West		Signed
Clive Betts	15/02/1995	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Roger Berry	15/02/1995	Kingswood		Signed
John Gunnell	15/02/1995	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Peter Hain	15/02/1995	Neath		Signed
Mike Hall	15/02/1995	Warrington South		Signed
Donald Anderson	15/02/1995	Swansea East		Signed
Janet Anderson	15/02/1995	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Joe Ashton	15/02/1995	Bassetlaw		Signed
Harry Barnes	15/02/1995	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Battle	15/02/1995	Leeds West		Signed
Hugh Bayley	15/02/1995	York, City of		Signed
Tony Benn	15/02/1995	Chesterfield		Signed
Tony Worthington	15/02/1995	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
David Hanson	15/02/1995	Delyn		Signed
Peter Hardy	15/02/1995	Wentworth		Signed
John Heppell	15/02/1995	Nottingham East		Signed
Margaret Hodge	15/02/1995	Barking		Signed
Doug Hoyle	15/02/1995	Warrington North		Signed
Kevin Hughes	15/02/1995	Doncaster North		Signed
John Hutton	15/02/1995	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/02/1995	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Helen Jackson	15/02/1995	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
David Jamieson	15/02/1995	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Barry Jones	15/02/1995	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Nigel Spearing	15/02/1995	Newham South		Signed
Clive Soley	15/02/1995	Hammersmith		Signed
Peter Pike	15/02/1995	Burnley		Signed
Bridget Prentice	15/02/1995	Lewisham East		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	15/02/1995	Bristol South		Signed
Stuart Randall	15/02/1995	Kingston upon Hull West		Signed
Joan Ruddock	15/02/1995	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	15/02/1995	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Barry Sheerman	15/02/1995	Huddersfield		Signed
Clare Short	15/02/1995	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Alan Simpson	15/02/1995	Nottingham South		Signed
Dennis Skinner	15/02/1995	Bolsover		Signed
Lynne Jones	15/02/1995	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Martyn Jones	15/02/1995	Clwyd South West		Signed
John McWilliam	15/02/1995	Blaydon		Signed
Bill Michie	15/02/1995	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Andrew Miller	15/02/1995	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Austin Mitchell	15/02/1995	Great Grimsby		Signed
Alf Morris	15/02/1995	Manchester Wythenshawe		Signed
Estelle Morris	15/02/1995	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Chris Mullin	15/02/1995	Sunderland South		Signed
Gordon Oakes	15/02/1995	Halton		Signed
Bill O'Brien	15/02/1995	Normanton		Signed
Edward O'Hara	15/02/1995	Knowsley South		Signed
Thomas McAvoy	15/02/1995	Glasgow, Rutherglen		Signed
Peter Mandelson	15/02/1995	Hartlepool		Signed
Alice Mahon	15/02/1995	Halifax		Signed
Tessa Jowell	15/02/1995	Dulwich		Signed
Alan Keen	15/02/1995	Feltham & Heston		Signed
Jane Kennedy	15/02/1995	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Piara S Khabra	15/02/1995	Ealing, Southall		Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	15/02/1995	Liverpool, Walton		Signed
Ken Livingstone	15/02/1995	Brent East		Signed
Tony Lloyd	15/02/1995	Stretford		Signed
Eddie Loyden	15/02/1995	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Calum MacDonald	15/02/1995	Na h-Eileanan an Iar		Signed
Denis MacShane	15/02/1995	Rotherham		Signed
Jim Dowd	16/02/1995	Lewisham West		Signed
John Evans	16/02/1995	St Helens North		Signed
Norman Godman	16/02/1995	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Nick Ainger	16/02/1995	Pembroke		Signed
Tony Banks	16/02/1995	Newham North West		Signed
Joe Benton	16/02/1995	Bootle		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	16/02/1995	St Helens South		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	16/02/1995	Leigh		Signed
Eric Clarke	16/02/1995	Midlothian		Signed
Alan Meale	16/02/1995	Mansfield		Signed
William McKelvey	16/02/1995	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	16/02/1995	Dundee East		Signed
Ernie Ross	16/02/1995	Dundee West		Signed
Joyce Quin	16/02/1995	Gateshead East		Signed
Colin Pickthall	16/02/1995	West Lancashire		Signed
Mike O'Brien	16/02/1995	North Warwickshire		Signed
Jim Cunningham	17/02/1995	Coventry South East		Signed
Richard Burden	17/02/1995	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Robert Parry	20/02/1995	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Keith Hill	20/02/1995	Streatham		Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/02/1995	Fife North East		Signed
Michael Connarty	20/02/1995	Falkirk East		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	20/02/1995	Carmarthen		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	21/02/1995	Durham, City of		Signed
Paul Flynn	21/02/1995	Newport West		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	21/02/1995	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Eric Illsley	21/02/1995	Barnsley Central		Signed
Norman Hogg	21/02/1995	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth		Signed
Llew Smith	22/02/1995	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	22/02/1995	Blyth Valley		Signed
Audrey Wise	22/02/1995	Preston		Signed
Michael Clapham	28/02/1995	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Rachel Squire	01/03/1995	Dunfermline West		Signed
Eric Martlew	06/03/1995	Carlisle		Signed
Andrew Faulds	09/03/1995	Warley East		Signed
John Gilbert	09/03/1995	Dudley East		Signed
Mike Gapes	20/03/1995	Ilford South		Signed
Tommy Graham	20/03/1995	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Nigel Jones	16/05/1995	Cheltenham		Signed
Derek Enright	Unknown			Withdrawn

Download raw data as csv or xml.

The information on this website is reproduced under Parliamentary Licence and may be reused under the same license, licenses can be obtained from OPSI.