Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Simon Hughes (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 18 November 2009, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 55 members in total.

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CONFLICT PREVENTION

That this House recognises that for every dollar spent globally on conflict prevention nearly two thousand times as much is spent on defence and the military; applauds the many local initiatives around the world that help to prevent conflict; calls on the Government to carry out a study into the cost-effectiveness of local and regional peace building initiatives in the run up to the Global Summit on Security and Peace Building in 2010; and encourages the Government through the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to give greater priority to conflict prevention work and in particular to fund from existing resources more local conflict prevention initiatives.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

81 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

John McDonnell

Lynne Jones

Andrew George

Mike Hancock

Gary Streeter

Subjects

Developing countries

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk