EVERY CHILD MATTERS CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 1030, tabled 25 February 2008 by Alan Meale (Labour). Signed by 61 members.

That this House is aware of the campaign, Every Child Matters, which is currently asking from the Government a budgetary commitment to pilot a scheme to give winter fuel allowances to families in the UK with disabled children in their family; recognises that with rising fuel costs research evidence shows that two thirds of families in this category struggle to pay their fuel bills in the wintertime, a factor not least affected by the need to maintain constant home heat levels to ward off infections and bouts of restricted mobility caused directly by cold conditions; and calls upon the Government to respond positively to the campaign which would both relieve suffering and hardship whilst helping to lift up to 40,000 vulnerable families out of poverty.

Signatures by party: Labour 40, DUP 6, Liberal Democrat 5, Conservative 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.