UNICEF REPORT ON CHILD POVERTY AND DEPRIVATION IN BRITAIN

Early day motion 912, tabled 20 February 2007 by Lord Hammond of Runnymede (Conservative). Signed by 91 members.

That this House notes with deep concern that the UK is ranked bottom of 21 OECD nations in terms of child well-being in UNICEF's report `Child poverty in perspective'; further notes that this report is further evidence of the Government's lack of progress in tackling the root causes of child poverty and deprivation; pays tribute to the work done by the organisations involved in the Campaign to End Child Poverty in raising the profile of this issue; recognises the importance of relative income measures of poverty; shares UNICEF's assessment that economic poverty alone is an inadequate measure of a child's overall well-being; and calls on the Government, as well as addressing income poverty, to do more to address the broader set of corrosive social problems which are undermining the well-being of British children, and in particular to address the breakdown of family support for children.

Signatures by party: Conservative 76, Liberal Democrat 6, Labour 4, DUP 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.