Boys' Brigade

EDM number 967 in 2016-17, proposed by Owen Thompson on 22/02/2017.
Categorised under the topics of Children and families, Parliament, Religion and faith communities and Voluntary organisations.

That this House welcomes the establishment of the All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Boys' Brigade; honours the Brigade's mission to care for and challenge young people through informal education and weekly activities, in partnership with interdenominational houses of worship; notes that the Brigade is the largest Christian uniformed youth movement in the UK and Ireland; offers its appreciation for the tireless work of the Brigade since it was founded by Sir William Alexander Smith in Glasgow in 1883; and further offers its continued support to the Brigade in taking its mission forward into the 21st century and beyond.

This motion has been signed by a total of 28 MPs.