Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Michael Moore (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 6 February 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 75 members in total.

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TURN ON THE TAP CAMPAIGN

That this House welcomes World Water Day on 22nd March; notes with great concern that over one billion people in the developing world do not have access to safe water, that water-related disease is the second biggest killer of children worldwide and that the average distance walked by women in Africa and Asia to collect water is four miles; encourages participation in Samaritan's Purse's Turn on the Tap walks in Westminster on 18th March and parliamentary constituencies on 10th May to highlight the issue; and supports the work of Samaritan's Purse and others who are contributing towards achieving Millennium Development Goal 7.3 to reduce by half the proportion of people without sustainable access to safe drinking water.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

897 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

John Bercow

Alistair Burt

David Drew

John Battle

Steve Webb

Subjects

Developing countries Health services Diseases Water

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk