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Child Poverty In The South West

EDM number 228 in 2001-02, proposed by Brian Cotter on 15/10/2001.

That this House notes with regret the recent findings of the Invisible Children Report published by Barnardos, which reveals that 132,000 children in the South West are living in poverty; notes with concern that a quarter of all families studied do not have enough money to provide for their children's development because of inadequate benefits; recognises the difficulty which families have in repaying social fund loans; and calls upon the Government to take immediate action to eliminate child poverty by establishing a minimum income standard to maintain the health and welfare of children, instigating a regular poverty audit, replacing the social fund loan system with a system of grants and reviewing policies on concessions to give poorer children better access to recreational activities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 32 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian Cotter15/10/2001Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratProposed
Steve Webb15/10/2001NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders16/10/2001TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey16/10/2001North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones16/10/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Colin Breed16/10/2001South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Tyler17/10/2001North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Harold Best17/10/2001Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock17/10/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn17/10/2001Islington NorthLabourSigned
David Rendel18/10/2001NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Laws18/10/2001YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell18/10/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Huw Edwards18/10/2001MonmouthLabourSigned
Sue Doughty19/10/2001GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
David Heath22/10/2001Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Nigel Jones23/10/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook23/10/2001Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke23/10/2001Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake23/10/2001Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Lloyd23/10/2001Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Ann Cryer24/10/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge24/10/2001Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster25/10/2001BathLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett25/10/2001Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell25/10/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George29/10/2001St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis31/10/2001Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Alan Simpson01/11/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Ian Davidson09/11/2001Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Cryer21/10/2002HornchurchLabourSigned
John Burnett24/10/2002Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned

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