GLOBAL EDUCATION AND AWARENESS IN 2005 AND BEYOND

Early day motion 391, tabled 14 December 2004 by Tom Brake (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 42 members.

That this House notes that in 2005 the UK will preside over two of the world's most important mulitlateral forums, the G8 and the European Union; believes that this presents a unique opportunity for the UK to take a lead in facilitating international action in response to global problems including world poverty; recalls the Government's and the international community's commitment to the Millennium Development Goals which will also be reviewed in 2005 and which will fall due in 2015; commends the plans of international development organisations to campaign for the UK to help make poverty history in 2005; further notes the opportunity that 2005 poses for increasing the British public's awareness of and interest in global issues; and calls on the UK Government to declare 2005 a national year for development awareness and to develop a plan for a decade of development awareness in the lead up to 2015.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 23, Labour 12, Labour/Co-operative 4, Conservative 1, Plaid Cymru 1, Scottish National Party 1.