ACTION FOR CHILDREN

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That this House applauds the excellent work of Action For Children in helping the most vulnerable children and young people in the UK; supports the Happiness Counts initiative, led by Action For Children and The New Economics Foundation, which promotes positive feelings and capabilities among children, young people and their families with a view to achieving better social and economic outcomes for all; and notes with considerable regret the UK's ranking at the bottom of Unicef's 2007 report on child well-being, despite 400 new initiatives in the last 21 years.