Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Lord Howarth of Newport (Labour), on Tuesday, 4 March 1997, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 107 members in total.

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VOLUNTEERS

That this House acknowledges and values the work done by over four million volunteers who work with children, young people and vulnerable adults; notes the crucial importance of this work to the wellbeing of our society; is concerned that the Police Bill (Lords) will place a new financial burden on organisations which depend on volunteers to provide an invaluable service to their communities and reduce the burden to the public purse; notes that in accordance with recognised good practice these organisations will always reimburse expenses so as to ensure that a volunteer is never out of pocket; notes that the Government's Make a Difference initiative seeks to broaden volunteering opportunities to ensure that people who are young, unemployed or on low incomes are able to volunteer; and calls upon the Home Secretary to support vital voluntary work by waiving the fee for criminal record checks for volunteers.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

602 

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Voluntary work

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk