Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor John Battle (Labour), on Tuesday, 24 February 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 59 members in total.

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SEND MY FRIEND TO SCHOOL CAMPAIGN 2009

That this House welcomes the launch of Send My Friend to School 2009 organised by the Global Campaign for Education; notes that on 22 April millions of people in over 100 countries will take part in The Big Read to highlight the importance of literacy; calls on world leaders to redouble their efforts to meet the promise made in 2000 that every child in the world would complete a quality education by 2015; notes that over 70 million children still do not get a chance to go to school; and urges the Government to live up to its spending commitments on education in developing countries to ensure that ??1 billion per year is spent between 2010 and 2015, and that those countries furthest from achieving education for all by 2015 are prioritised for funding.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

864 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Jim Dobbin

Lindsay Hoyle

Mark Durkan

Mike Hancock

Bob Russell

Subjects

Developing countries Schools

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk