Child Poverty Action Group 40th Anniversary

EDM number 920 in 2005-06, proposed by Helen Goodman on 02/11/2005.

That this House congratulates the Child Poverty Action Group (CPAG) on its 40th anniversary; notes that while its founder members in 1965 expected the Group to `remain in existence until effective action is taken' to alleviate child poverty, CPAG's work continues and is as vital as ever forty years on; further notes that despite the progress made in recent years, 3.5 million or 28 per cent. of children in the UK continue to live in poverty; and wishes CPAG every success in its ongoing campaign to end child poverty once and for all and therefore remove the necessity for its own existence.

This motion has been signed by a total of 216 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.