Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Steve Rotheram (Labour), on Wednesday, 3 September 2014, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 9 members in total.

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STEVE PILGRIM AND B1%

That this House congratulates Liverpool drummer and member of Paul Weller's band Steve Pilgrim on establishing the B1% charity; notes B1% is a network of individuals who commit to give one per cent of their income each month to help the world's poorest people; congratulates those who have raised money for over 35 projects in 11 countries around the world; recognises that the charity is responsible for the planting of 8,000 new trees and has raised enough money to vaccinate 5,000 children against measles in Malawi; further notes that the charity has used donations to fund projects such as building wells and developing clean water facilities in Africa as well as sponsoring school feeding programmes; and further encourages people to become members of the B1%.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

319 

Session

2014-15

Other sponsors

Alan Meale

Anne Begg

John Leech

Ian Mearns

Grahame Morris

Subjects

Charities Africa Personal income Poverty Be One Percent Pilgrim, Steve

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk