Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Curry (Conservative), on Monday, 12 October 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 116 members in total.

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ONE BILLION HUNGRY WORLDWIDE

That this House draws attention to the plight of the 1.02 billion people worldwide who suffer from chronic hunger on a daily basis as the 28th UN World Food Day is marked; notes with regret that the economic crisis has pushed some 100 million more people into chronic hunger and poverty in 2009, and continues to do so; re-affirms the UK's commitment to Millennium Development Goal 1 to halve the proportion of people who suffer from chronic hunger by 2015; urges the UK to take a lead at the upcoming UN World Summit on Food Security; and welcomes the forthcoming publication of the report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Agriculture and Food for Development on the UK's role in tackling global food insecurity.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1984 

Session

2008-09

Other sponsors

Sally Keeble

Elliot Morley

Bob Spink

Mark Durkan

David Leslie Taylor

Subjects

Developing countries Food

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk