Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Janet Dean (Labour), on Thursday, 18 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 96 members in total.

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BOTTLING IT UP CAMPAIGN

That this House notes with concern that there are an estimated 1.3 million children in the UK living with parents who misuse alcohol; recognises that this can have a devastating impact on the whole of family life, including a parent's ability to care for their children properly and on the child's behaviour and physical and mental health; further recognises that a parent's drinking can have a lasting legacy which follows a child into their adult life; welcomes the efforts made by Turning Point to draw attention to this issue and argue for a better deal for these children; supports the Social Care organisation's Bottling it Up campaign which highlights the lack of services to support these children and the problems of services failing to work together to meet the needs of the whole family; and calls on the Government to hold a national inquiry to review services for children, parents and for whole families and to inform a cross-departmental strategy to support children affected by parental alcohol misuse.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2209 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Paul Burstow

Ian Gibson

John Bercow

Sandra Gidley

Mike Penning

Subjects

Children Alcoholic drinks Misuse Turning Point

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk