NATIONAL VOLUNTEERS WEEK

Early day motion 1318, tabled 13 May 1998 by Howard Stoate (Labour). Signed by 75 members.

That this House notes that it is National Volunteers Week from 1st to 7th June; welcomes the work being done during the week to recognise the important contribution made to society by existing volunteers and to recruit new ones; further notes with concern the evidence of the 1997 UK Survey of Volunteering that fewer volunteers are doing more; congratulates the National Centre for Volunteering, the Northern Ireland Volunteer Development Agency, Volunteer Development Scotland and the Wales Council for Voluntary Action for marking this event for the twelfth year; and calls on the Government to make every effort to encourage more people to take up voluntary activity, in particular by removing institutional barriers to volunteering as quickly as possible.

Signatures by party: Labour 50, Liberal Democrat 11, Labour/Co-operative 6, Plaid Cymru 2, Scottish National Party 2, UUP 2, Conservative 1, Unknown 1.