Child Poverty (EDM1242)

Child Poverty

EDM number 1242 in 2006-07, proposed by Bob Russell on 28/03/2007.

That this House is appalled that child poverty is rising in the UK for the first time in almost 10 years; is alarmed to observe that 2.8 million children, up from 2.7 million in 2004-05, according to figures published by the Department for Work and Pensions, are living below the poverty line, a figure which rises to 3.8 million when housing costs are taken into account; agrees with the Chief Executive of the child charity Barnardo's, Mr Martin Narey, that the figures are a moral disgrace; and calls on the Government to take the necessary action to rid the UK of child poverty, which has no place in a civilised society and one of the richest economies in the world.

This motion has been signed by a total of 40 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Russell	28/03/2007	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Andrew George	28/03/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	29/03/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Vincent Cable	29/03/2007	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	29/03/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	29/03/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Seconded
John Pugh	29/03/2007	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	29/03/2007	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	29/03/2007	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	29/03/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/04/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	16/04/2007	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	16/04/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	16/04/2007	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Lady Hermon	17/04/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	17/04/2007	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/04/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	17/04/2007	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	18/04/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	18/04/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	18/04/2007	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	18/04/2007	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
John Leech	18/04/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	19/04/2007	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Roger Williams	19/04/2007	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	19/04/2007	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	20/04/2007	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	23/04/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	23/04/2007	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Adam Price	23/04/2007	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Simpson	01/05/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	01/05/2007	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	03/05/2007	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	14/05/2007	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/05/2007	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	22/05/2007	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	09/07/2007	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	26/07/2007	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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