OECD REPORT ON INEQUALITY

Early day motion 2324, tabled 22 October 2008 by Martin Caton (Labour). Signed by 35 members.

That this House welcomes the report from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) showing that the gap between rich and poor in the UK narrowed in the first five years of this century; notes, however, that it still found this country to be a more unequal society than three quarters of OECD nations; and agrees with the OECD secretary general that growing inequality is divisive, polarizes society, divides regions and carves up the world between rich and poor.

Signatures by party: Labour 20, Liberal Democrat 10, Independent 2, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Scottish National Party 1.