Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Shailesh Vara (Conservative), on Tuesday, 5 December 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 110 members in total.

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BLUE PETER SHOE BIZ APPEAL

That this House welcomes the launch of the BBC's 45th Blue Peter annual appeal; congratulates Blue Peter on running the Shoe Biz Appeal, which is asking children across the UK to collect shoes to be recycled to raise money for children orphaned by AIDS in Malawi, where somebody dies of an AIDS-related illness every eight minutes and as a result there are now more than 600,000 orphans; notes that Blue Peter viewers are being asked to collect as many of the nation's unwanted shoes as possible; and calls upon all hon. Members to join in and recycle their unwanted shoes in aid of the appeal.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

411 

Session

2006-07

Other sponsors

Lindsay Hoyle

Laura Moffatt

Lembit Opik

Roger Williams

Lord Boswell of Aynho

Subjects

Children Charities Footwear Orphans Malawi

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk