Support For Family Mealtimes (EDM1583)

Support For Family Mealtimes

EDM number 1583 in 2010-12, proposed by Annette Brooke on 10/03/2011.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families and Food.

That this House recognises the need for families to be able to eat together more often; notes the health, learning and social benefits that family mealtimes can bring, including the early findings of the Economic and SocialResearch CouncilUnderstanding Society study pointing to the importance of family meals for children; further notes recent research that shows the difficulties that families have eating together; congratulates the recentPower Down for Dinner campaign launched to encourage mealtimes spent as a family and a decrease in mealtimes spent using technology and television; and urges a more family-friendly House and encourages individual hon. Members to allow for more time to be spent with their families at mealtimes.

This motion has been signed by a total of 17 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Annette Brooke	10/03/2011	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Jim Dobbin	14/03/2011	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Mike Hancock	14/03/2011	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Leech	14/03/2011	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Martin Caton	15/03/2011	Gower	Labour	Seconded
William McCrea	15/03/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Seconded
Gordon Marsden	15/03/2011	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	15/03/2011	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	16/03/2011	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Blenkinsop	16/03/2011	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	17/03/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Pugh	21/03/2011	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	21/03/2011	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Crausby	30/03/2011	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	31/03/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Mark Williams	01/04/2011	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Pamela Nash	08/06/2011	Airdrie and Shotts	Labour	Signed

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