NOBEL PEACE PRIZE AWARD TO MALALA YOUSAFZAI AND KAILASH SATYARTHI

Early day motion 406, tabled 28 October 2014 by Keith Vaz (Labour). Signed by 30 members.

That this House applauds the awarding of the Nobel Peace Prize to Malawa Yousafzai and Kailash Satyarthi; congratulates Malala Yousafzai on her work to promote the education of young women, and Kailash Satyarthi's work to end the practice of child labour, with his work freeing 83,000 children from over 144 countries; identifies the need for the UK to continue to engage with Pakistan and India to improve current standards of malnutrition, infant mortality, child slavery, child labour and child trafficking; and hopes that Nawaz Sharif, Prime Minister of Pakistan and Narendra Modi, Prime Minister of India, attend the Nobel award ceremony in December 2014.

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