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Tabled by Annette Brooke MP

“That this House welcomes the Government’s support for the UN guidelines for the appropriate use and conditions for alternative care for children and looks forward to their agreement in the UN General Assembly on the 20th anniversary of the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child on the 20th November 2009; regards the adoption of the UN guidelines as an essential enhancement to the implementation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, particularly in light of the findings of a new report by the charity EveryChild, that claims there are at least 24 million children in the world who are growing up without parental care, representing about 1% of the world’s child population and due to the global recession their number is rising rapidly; hopes that all governments who have ratified the UNCRC will develop an action plan for the full implementation of the UN guidelines; calls on the Government to recognise the right of every child to grow up in a loving family environment and to mainstream child protection issues and children left without parental care in its interventions on global poverty reduction, including on social protection systems, HIV and AIDS, education, health and justice, and in responses to environmental degradation, conflict and natural disasters.”

MPs who signed this motion:

Alan Meale
Alan Simpson
Andrew George
Andrew Stunwell
Ann Cryer
Annette Brooke
Bon Russell
Brian Iddon
Brian Jenkins
Charlotte Atkins
Colin Breed
David S Borrow
David Taylor
Desmond Turner
Elfyn Llwyd
Frank Dobson
Gerald Kaufman
Glenda Jackson
Gordon Prentice
Greg Pope
Janet Anderson
Jim Dobbin
John Austin
John Battle
John Leech
John McDonnell
Keith Vaz
Lindsay Hoyle
Lynne Jones
Mark Durkan
Mark Williams
Martin Caton
Menzies Campbell
Mike Hancock
Paul Holmes
Paul Truswell
Peter Bottomley
Phil Willis
Rudi Vis
Simon Hughes
Stephen Williams
Tony Baldry

What is an Early Day Motion?

Early day motions (EDMs) are formal motions submitted for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few EDMs are actually debated. Instead, they are used for reasons such as publicising the views of individual MPs, drawing attention to specific events or campaigns, and demonstrating the extent of parliamentary support for a particular cause or point of view.