National Family Week (EDM1457)

National Family Week

EDM number 1457 in 2008-09, proposed by Bob Spink on 11/05/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Children and families.

That this House wholeheartedly welcomes any attempt to bring people and communities together; notes with pleasure the UK's first National Family Week which runs from 25 to 31 May 2009 and which will celebrate good family life and encourage families to communicate more and spend more time with each other; and calls on the Government to develop policies which support important issues such as fatherhood, work-life balance for families, parenting and the impact of disability on family life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 24 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bob Spink	11/05/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Proposed
Andrew George	11/05/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Lee Scott	12/05/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Seconded
David Taylor	12/05/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	12/05/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Martin Caton	12/05/2009	Gower	Labour	Seconded
Ann Cryer	12/05/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	12/05/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/05/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	13/05/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	13/05/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
David Drew	13/05/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	14/05/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	14/05/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/05/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	20/05/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
John Leech	20/05/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	20/05/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	21/05/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Mason	21/05/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
William McCrea	01/06/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/06/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	11/06/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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