Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Simpson (Labour), on Tuesday, 18 December 2001, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 214 members in total.

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FOOD POVERTY (ERADICATION) BILL

That this House notes the report by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation published in 1999 that highlighted the fact that over four million people in the United Kingdom do not have access to healthy food, and the campaign on this issue launched on 14th November by Food Justice; notes too that this situation can be caused by a number of factors such as inadequate income, lack of reasonable access to shops or other outlets selling such food and inadequate information; and therefore supports the Food Poverty (Eradication) Bill which will require the drawing up and implementation of local and national strategies to end this problem.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

607 

Session

2001-02

Subjects

Food Poverty

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk