MARY'S MEALS ONE BILLIONTH MEAL SERVED

Early day motion 403, tabled 16 October 2017 by Brendan O'Hara (Scottish National Party). Signed by 16 members.

That this House congratulates Mary's Meals, the Argyll-based charity dedicated to feeding some of the world's poorest children on serving its one billionth meal earlier this month; notes that the dish of vegetable curry and rice was served to a 12-year old Indian child, Mohsin, at the Sangam Vihar Informal Education Centre in Noida; acknowledges the phenomenal growth in Mary's Meals since it served its first meal to a child in Malawi in 2002 to today, when more than 1,200,000 children in 14 countries are fed every day at school; recognises the outstanding contribution made by Mr Magnus MacFarlane-Barrow, the founder of Mary's Meals, and his team to alleviating child hunger and improving the life chances for children in some of the poorest countries in the world; and wishes Mary's Meals every success in the future.

Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 14, DUP 1, Liberal Democrat 1.