Early Day Motion·EDM 267

SHELTER'S MILLION CHILDREN CAMPAIGN

1 December 2004158 Signatures

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That this House notes that, according to official statistics, over one million children in Britain are homeless or in housing which is either overcrowded or unfit for human habitation; notes that all the available research indicates that this can have devastating effects on their health, education and future prospects; and welcomes Shelter's Million Children campaign, highlighting the plight of these children and supports its call to end bad housing for the next generation of children.