MAKE POVERTY HISTORY IN 2005 CAMPAIGN

Early day motion 9, tabled 23 November 2004 by Julia Drown (Labour). Signed by 454 members.

That this House welcomes the United Kingdom Government's commitment to the Millennium Development Goals; notes with concern that the current debt crisis, trade injustice and shortcomings of aid further exacerbate poverty, inequality, the HIV/AIDS crisis and environmental degradation across the developing world; notes that if the international community is to make poverty history then there needs to be further co-ordinated political action by the world's governments, including the United Kingdom, aimed at trade justice, dropping the debt and providing more and better aid; and calls on the United Kingdom Government to lead the way for change and use its influence when it holds the presidency of the G8 and chairs the EU to make poverty history in 2005.

Signatures by party: Labour 236, Conservative 116, Liberal Democrat 54, Labour/Co-operative 22, DUP 7, Scottish National Party 5, Plaid Cymru 4, UUP 4, Independent 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3.