ERADICATION OF FOOD POVERTY

Early day motion 408, tabled 7 March 2001 by Alan Simpson (Labour). Signed by 175 members.

That this House notes the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published last year that highlighted the fact that over four million people in the UK do not have access to healthy food, and the work on this issue by SUSTAIN, the national food campaign; notes too that this can be caused by a number of factors such as inadequate income, lack of reasonable access to shops or other outlets selling such food and inadequate information; and therefore welcomes the Food Poverty (Eradication) Bill, which will require the drawing up and implementation of local and national strategies to end this problem.

Signatures by party: Labour 118, Liberal Democrat 27, Labour/Co-operative 11, Conservative 5, Plaid Cymru 4, Scottish National Party 4, UUP 2, DUP 1, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UKUP 1.