TEA TIME FOR CHANGE LOBBY

Early day motion 1906, tabled 13 June 2011 by Lord Sarwar (Labour). Signed by 81 members.

That this House applauds the Tea Time for Change mass lobby for international development held on 9 June 2011; congratulates ActionAid, the Catholic Overseas Development Agency (CAFOD), Christian Aid, Oxfam, Save the Children and Tearfund in organising this hugely successful event and strengthening hon. Members-constituent relationships; commends their enduring commitment to fighting poverty and injustice; welcomes the Government's ring-fencing of the international aid budget and its pledge to increase aid spending to 0.7 per cent. of Gross National Income; notes that international development can further be enhanced by pressing multinational companies to make public what they pay to governments in developing countries; further notes that financial transaction taxes have been identified as an innovative way of funding international development; and urges the Government to consider pursuing these measures through UK legislation, in the European Union and at the G20 meeting in November 2011.

Signatures by party: Labour 52, Liberal Democrat 20, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, DUP 2, Alliance 1, Conservative 1, Green 1, Scottish National Party 1.