WHAT MONEY MEANS PROJECT

Early day motion 117, tabled 7 November 2007 by David Drew (Labour). Signed by 36 members.

That this House welcomes the launch of What Money Means, a major new financial capability project run by the Personal Finance Education Group (PFEG), and supported by HSBC; applauds this five year, £3.4 million project to create a step-change in how primary school children learn about money; notes that within five years it is planned to have reached more than 17,500 primary schools in the UK; further applauds HSBC for involving up to 10,000 employees as volunteers, as part of the support schools will receive; believes that this project will play an important role in equipping young people with the skills that will help them to develop into financially capable adults; and sees this as an important step towards the goal of all young people having access to a planned and coherent programme of personal finance education at school.

Signatures by party: Labour 23, Liberal Democrat 8, Conservative 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1.