FUNDING OF EAST ANGLIA'S CHILDREN'S HOSPICES

Early day motion 1258, tabled 13 December 2005 by Brooks Newmark (Conservative). Signed by 67 members.

That this House pays tribute to East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH), one of England's largest hospice organisations; notes with concern that EACH is proposing to make 25 full-time staff redundant due to funding shortfalls; recognises that this will have a significant impact on the level of care and support that the organisation provides to over 350 children and families across East Anglia; further notes that only 10 per cent. of its £4.7 million annual running costs are met by funding from statutory agencies; and calls upon the Government to address the future funding of children's hospices by ensuring that primary care trusts make a fair contribution to the cost of services that the hospices provide on behalf of the NHS.

Signatures by party: Conservative 48, Labour 9, DUP 5, Liberal Democrat 5.