VOLUNTEERS' WEEK (EDM1144)

VOLUNTEERS' WEEK

EDM number 1144 in 2001-02, proposed by Howard Stoate on 17/04/2002.

That this House welcomes and supports plans to celebrate the 18th annual UK Volunteers' Week from 7th to 13th June; welcomes this opportunity to acknowledge and celebrate the fact that some 22 million volunteers in Britain make a significant contribution to active citizenship, democratic participation and community well-being; endorses and supports the links between Parliament and the voluntary sector which are being strengthened by the Volunteers' Week VIP Challenge with which many honourable Members have agreed to be associated; congratulates the National Centre for Volunteering, the National Association for Volunteer Bureaux, the Volunteer Development Agency (Northern Ireland), Volunteer Development Scotland and Wales Council for Voluntary Action on the success of International Year of Volunteers 2001 and on their commitment to maintain and develop its momentum as well as to marking this week; and urges the Government to work with these organisations to make volunteering accessible to the diversity of people in our communities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 80 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Howard Stoate	17/04/2002	Dartford	Labour	Proposed
Bob Russell	18/04/2002	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	18/04/2002	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	18/04/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Dobbin	18/04/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Wayne David	18/04/2002	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	18/04/2002	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	18/04/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bradley	18/04/2002	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Iain Luke	18/04/2002	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	18/04/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Knight	18/04/2002	South Dorset	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	18/04/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/04/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	18/04/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Harry Barnes	19/04/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/04/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/04/2002	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	19/04/2002	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rob Marris	19/04/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	19/04/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	19/04/2002	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/04/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Oona King	22/04/2002	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	22/04/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Russell Brown	22/04/2002	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/04/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Vera Baird	22/04/2002	Redcar	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	22/04/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Pete Wishart	22/04/2002	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lady Hermon	23/04/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Derek Wyatt	23/04/2002	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	23/04/2002	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Betty Williams	23/04/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	23/04/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/04/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	23/04/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	23/04/2002	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	23/04/2002	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Tom Watson	24/04/2002	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Jim Sheridan	24/04/2002	West Renfrewshire	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/04/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	24/04/2002	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	24/04/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/04/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Matthew Green	25/04/2002	Ludlow	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/04/2002	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	25/04/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	26/04/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chidgey	26/04/2002	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	29/04/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	29/04/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	29/04/2002	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	29/04/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	29/04/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	30/04/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/04/2002	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	07/05/2002	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeff Ennis	07/05/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	07/05/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian White	08/05/2002	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	08/05/2002	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	09/05/2002	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	09/05/2002	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Bill Tynan	09/05/2002	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	14/05/2002	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	16/05/2002	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Meg Munn	16/05/2002	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	20/05/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	22/05/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	23/05/2002	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	23/05/2002	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevan Jones	10/06/2002	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	10/06/2002	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Paul Keetch	17/06/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	20/06/2002	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Viggers	25/06/2002	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	01/07/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/07/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	15/10/2002	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed

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