SAVE THE CHILDREN'S REPORT ON BRITAIN'S POOREST CHILDREN REVISITED

Early day motion 1452, tabled 23 January 2006 by John Battle (Labour). Signed by 213 members.

That this House welcomes Save the Children's recent report, Britain's Poorest Children Revisited; notes with extreme concern the findings that one million children in Great Britain live in severe and persistent poverty; further notes that additional action is needed if the Government is to meet its targets and if disadvantaged young people are to be given opportunities to fulfil their full potential; and urges the Government to measure the number of children living in severe and persistent poverty and commit to a strategy that explicitly targets these children, who may number up to one million.

Signatures by party: Labour 111, Liberal Democrat 55, Conservative 28, DUP 6, Scottish National Party 5, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Respect 1, UUP 1.