ONE BILLION HUNGRY WORLDWIDE

Early day motion 1984, tabled 12 October 2009 by David Curry (Conservative). Signed by 116 members.

That this House draws attention to the plight of the 1.02 billion people worldwide who suffer from chronic hunger on a daily basis as the 28th UN World Food Day is marked; notes with regret that the economic crisis has pushed some 100 million more people into chronic hunger and poverty in 2009, and continues to do so; re-affirms the UK's commitment to Millennium Development Goal 1 to halve the proportion of people who suffer from chronic hunger by 2015; urges the UK to take a lead at the upcoming UN World Summit on Food Security; and welcomes the forthcoming publication of the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development on the UK's role in tackling global food insecurity.

Signatures by party: Labour 60, Liberal Democrat 27, Conservative 14, Scottish National Party 4, DUP 3, Independent 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 2, Independent Labour 1, Plaid Cymru 1, UUP 1.