BOTTLING IT UP CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 2209, tabled 18 May 2006 by Janet Dean (Labour). Signed by 96 members.

That this House notes with concern that there are an estimated 1.3 million children in the UK living with parents who misuse alcohol; recognises that this can have a devastating impact on the whole of family life, including a parent's ability to care for their children properly and on the child's behaviour and physical and mental health; further recognises that a parent's drinking can have a lasting legacy which follows a child into their adult life; welcomes the efforts made by Turning Point to draw attention to this issue and argue for a better deal for these children; supports the Social Care organisation's Bottling it Up campaign which highlights the lack of services to support these children and the problems of services failing to work together to meet the needs of the whole family; and calls on the Government to hold a national inquiry to review services for children, parents and for whole families and to inform a cross-departmental strategy to support children affected by parental alcohol misuse.

Signatures by party: Labour 52, Liberal Democrat 30, Conservative 10, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, DUP 1, Plaid Cymru 1.