Reaching The Millennium Development Goals

EDM number 421 in 2003-04, proposed by John Battle on 14/01/2004.

That this House welcomes the commitment by international institutions and the United Kingdom Government to the Millennium Development Goals, including the goal of halving the proportion of the world's population living in absolute poverty by 2015; notes with extreme concern the warnings of the United Nations, World Bank and others that without significantly increased development assistance many countries will not meet these goals, and that pledges made as part of the Financing for Development process represent positive but insufficient progress towards making the necessary resources available; congratulates Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the Netherlands and Luxembourg for achieving the United Nations 0.7 per cent. target, and Ireland, Belgium and France for setting clear timetables for reaching the target by 2007, 2010 and 2012 respectively; acknowledges recent progress in the United Kingdom in increasing aid, including the commitment to raise the United Kingdom aid budget to 0.4 per cent. of GDP by 2006 as well as proposals for an International Financing Facility to leverage additional resources of up to $50 billion; believes that the United Kingdom Government should continue to lead by example and therefore calls on the United Kingdom Government to use the 2004 Spending Review to set out a timetable for reaching the United Nations target, in response to the member organisations of BOND calling on the United Kingdom to spend 0.7 per cent. of GDP on overseas development assistance by 2008.

This motion has been signed by a total of 243 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	14/01/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Helen Jones	14/01/2004	Warrington North	Labour	Seconded
Rudi Vis	15/01/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/01/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	15/01/2004	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	15/01/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/01/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	15/01/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	15/01/2004	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	15/01/2004	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	15/01/2004	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Glenda Jackson	15/01/2004	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	15/01/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	15/01/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Lepper	15/01/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/01/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	19/01/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	19/01/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Thomas	19/01/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/01/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Caton	19/01/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	19/01/2004	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	19/01/2004	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	20/01/2004	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	20/01/2004			Signed
Annette Brooke	20/01/2004	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	20/01/2004	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	21/01/2004	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	21/01/2004	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/01/2004	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/01/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Mandelson	21/01/2004	Hartlepool	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	21/01/2004	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	21/01/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	21/01/2004	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brian White	22/01/2004	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	22/01/2004	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	22/01/2004	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	22/01/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	22/01/2004	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Llew Smith	26/01/2004	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	26/01/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julia Drown	26/01/2004	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	27/01/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John McFall	28/01/2004	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/01/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	02/02/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	02/02/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	03/02/2004	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	03/02/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	04/02/2004	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	04/02/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Mudie	04/02/2004	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	04/02/2004	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	04/02/2004	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	05/02/2004	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	05/02/2004	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	05/02/2004	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	05/02/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	05/02/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/02/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	05/02/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	05/02/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	09/02/2004	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	09/02/2004	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	11/02/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	11/02/2004	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Frank Roy	11/02/2004	Motherwell & Wishaw	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	12/02/2004	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Allan	12/02/2004	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	12/02/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Wray	23/02/2004	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	23/02/2004	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Bill Tynan	23/02/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	23/02/2004	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	23/02/2004	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	23/02/2004	Clydesdale	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	23/02/2004	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barry Sheerman	23/02/2004	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/02/2004	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus Robertson	23/02/2004	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alan Reid	23/02/2004	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	24/02/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	24/02/2004	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	24/02/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	25/02/2004	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	25/02/2004	Glasgow, Shettleston	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	25/02/2004	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	25/02/2004	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	25/02/2004	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Tony Worthington	26/02/2004	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	26/02/2004	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	26/02/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tom Cox	26/02/2004	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	27/02/2004	Edinburgh East & Musselburgh	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	01/03/2004	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/03/2004	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	02/03/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mann	02/03/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	02/03/2004	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	02/03/2004	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	03/03/2004	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Lembit	03/03/2004	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	04/03/2004	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Syd Rapson	08/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	08/03/2004	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	09/03/2004	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	09/03/2004	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	10/03/2004	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Dai Havard	10/03/2004	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/03/2004	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	11/03/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	11/03/2004	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	15/03/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	15/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Eric Martlew	16/03/2004	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	16/03/2004	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	17/03/2004	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Howard Stoate	17/03/2004	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/03/2004	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	23/03/2004	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Tony Clarke	23/03/2004	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/03/2004	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	23/03/2004	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kate Hoey	24/03/2004	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	24/03/2004	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	24/03/2004	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	29/03/2004	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	29/03/2004	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
Debra Shipley	30/03/2004	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	30/03/2004	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	30/03/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	30/03/2004	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	31/03/2004	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	31/03/2004	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	01/04/2004	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	01/04/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Iain Coleman	01/04/2004	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	01/04/2004	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	19/04/2004	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	19/04/2004	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/04/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	19/04/2004	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	19/04/2004	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	19/04/2004	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	19/04/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	19/04/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	19/04/2004	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	19/04/2004	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Pugh	19/04/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Roche	19/04/2004	Hornsey & Wood Green	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	19/04/2004	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	19/04/2004	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	19/04/2004	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	20/04/2004	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	20/04/2004	Redcar	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	20/04/2004	Selby	Labour	Signed
David Amess	20/04/2004	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	20/04/2004	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	20/04/2004	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	20/04/2004	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	21/04/2004	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	21/04/2004	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/04/2004	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	26/04/2004	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Challen	28/04/2004	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	28/04/2004	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	29/04/2004	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	29/04/2004	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Alan Hurst	30/04/2004	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	04/05/2004	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Si	04/05/2004	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	04/05/2004	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	06/05/2004	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	10/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John MacDougall	11/05/2004	Central Fife	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	14/05/2004	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	14/05/2004	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Smith	20/05/2004	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	20/05/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
John Horam	26/05/2004	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
David Heyes	07/06/2004	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	07/06/2004	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	07/06/2004	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	07/06/2004	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	07/06/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	07/06/2004	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	07/06/2004	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	08/06/2004	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	08/06/2004	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	08/06/2004	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	08/06/2004	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	08/06/2004	Medway	Labour	Signed
John Hume	08/06/2004	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Taylor	09/06/2004	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Paul Burstow	09/06/2004	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judy Mallaber	09/06/2004	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	14/06/2004	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	14/06/2004	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Dennis Turner	15/06/2004	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sue Doughty	15/06/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McWilliam	15/06/2004	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	15/06/2004	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	15/06/2004	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	15/06/2004	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Roy Beggs	16/06/2004	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	16/06/2004	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	16/06/2004	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	16/06/2004	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	16/06/2004	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	17/06/2004	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Organ	17/06/2004	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	17/06/2004	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	17/06/2004	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	18/06/2004	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2004	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	18/06/2004	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Alan Howarth	22/06/2004	Newport East	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	23/06/2004	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	24/06/2004	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	28/06/2004	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	28/06/2004	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	29/06/2004	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	30/06/2004	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	01/07/2004	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/07/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	07/07/2004	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	12/07/2004	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	12/07/2004	Derby North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	12/07/2004	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	13/07/2004	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Mark Tami	13/07/2004	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/07/2004	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Stevenson	19/07/2004	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	19/07/2004	Aberdeen Central	Labour	Signed
Quentin Davies	07/09/2004	Grantham & Stamford	Conservative	Signed
Alan Keen	09/09/2004	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/10/2004	Dover	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn
Jim Marshall	Unknown			Withdrawn

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