NSPCC CAMPAIGN TO END CHILD CRUELTY WITHIN A GENERATION

Early day motion 915, tabled 28 February 2002 by Debra Shipley (Labour). Signed by 362 members.

That this House notes with alarm that one or two children are killed every week by their parents and carers; congratulates the NSPCC on its powerful advertising in support of its FULL STOP campaign to end child cruelty; accepts that we must all take responsibility for stopping child abuse; and calls on the Government to make a commitment to end child abuse deaths within a generation with a specific target of reducing such deaths by half in 10 years.

Signatures by party: Labour 186, Conservative 95, Liberal Democrat 45, Labour/Co-operative 15, Scottish National Party 5, UUP 5, DUP 4, Plaid Cymru 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3.