Early Day Motion·EDM 1452

SAVE THE CHILDREN'S REPORT ON BRITAIN'S POOREST CHILDREN REVISITED

23 January 2006214 Signatures

Motion Text

That this House welcomes Save the Children's recent report, Britain's Poorest Children Revisited; notes with extreme concern the findings that one million children in Great Britain live in severe and persistent poverty; further notes that additional action is needed if the Government is to meet its targets and if disadvantaged young people are to be given opportunities to fulfil their full potential; and urges the Government to measure the number of children living in severe and persistent poverty and commit to a strategy that explicitly targets these children, who may number up to one million.