Volunteer Reading Help (EDM1231)

Volunteer Reading Help

EDM number 1231 in 2005-06, proposed by Edward Davey on 08/12/2005.

That this House notes that the national charity Volunteer Reading Help has over 2,500 volunteers who work to help disadvantaged children develop a love of reading and learning and that it has delivered valuable services supporting over 100,000 children in this field for over 30 years; recognises that learning to read is a fundamental part of a child's development; further notes that informal learning opportunities outside the classroom can act to stimulate individual growth and help prevent offending behaviour in the future; acknowledges that volunteering can give people the confidence to enter or return to full-time employment; commends Volunteer Reading Help for their continued and vital contribution in improving the education of young people throughout the United Kingdom; and hopes that they will continue to receive the necessary encouragement, support and finance from national, regional and local government to enable them to continue and expand their most valuable work in the future.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Edward Davey	08/12/2005	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tim Farron	08/12/2005	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Don Foster	08/12/2005	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Stephen Williams	08/12/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mark Williams	08/12/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Annette Brooke	08/12/2005	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	12/12/2005	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	12/12/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/12/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	12/12/2005	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ann Cryer	12/12/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	12/12/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	12/12/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	13/12/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Martin Caton	13/12/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	13/12/2005	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	13/12/2005	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	13/12/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Benyon	13/12/2005	Newbury	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	14/12/2005	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	14/12/2005	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Mark Durkan	14/12/2005	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Pugh	15/12/2005	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	15/12/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	15/12/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/12/2005	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	19/12/2005	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	19/12/2005	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	19/12/2005	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
David Wilshire	19/12/2005	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	19/12/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/12/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/01/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	09/01/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Paul Farrelly	16/01/2006	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	17/01/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	16/02/2006	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	04/05/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	11/05/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/07/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed

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