GLOBAL CAMPAIGN FOR EDUCATION

Early day motion 914, tabled 7 February 2008 by Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 66 members.

That this House notes that at least 72 million children worldwide do not receive any primary education and that 57 per cent. of these children are girls and 33 per cent. have a disability; further notes the Millennium Development Goal to achieve universal primary education by 2015 and is dismayed that according to the UN's most recent assessment the international community will not meet this target in sub-Saharan Africa and across Asia; supports the Global Campaign for Education and its belief that education is a universal human right and the key to poverty alleviation and sustainable human development; and therefore calls on the Government and the international community to redouble their efforts towards achieving free access to primary education worldwide by 2015.

Signatures by party: Labour 32, Liberal Democrat 22, Conservative 3, Scottish National Party 3, Plaid Cymru 2, DUP 1, Independent 1, Social Democratic and Labour Party 1, UUP 1.