Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Diane Abbott (Labour), on Monday, 1 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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CHILD POVERTY IN ETHNIC MINORITY COMMUNITIES

That this House recognises that more children in London are in severe poverty than anywhere else in the UK; notes that half of these children are from single parent families or families claiming job seeker's allowance; further notes that ethnic minority children are three times more likely to suffer poverty than their white counterparts; believes this is causing vulnerable communities to become further marginalised; and calls on the Government to concentrate its efforts to target these groups to ensure they do not fall behind in terms of the pledge to end child poverty by 2020.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

763 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Alan Meale

David Drew

Mike Hancock

Rudi Vis

Subjects

Children Ethnic groups Poverty

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk