ACTION FOR CHILDREN

Early day motion 1057, tabled 11 March 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 32 members.

That this House applauds the excellent work of Action For Children in helping the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK; supports the Happiness Counts initiative, led by Action For Children and The New Economics Foundation, which promotes positive feelings and capabilities among children, young people and their families with a view to achieving better social and economic outcomes for all; and notes with considerable regret the UK's ranking at the bottom of Unicef's 2007 report on child well-being, despite 400 new initiatives in the last 21 years.

Signatures by party: Labour 12, Liberal Democrat 11, Conservative 5, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent 1, Plaid Cymru 1.