Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Mark Williams (Liberal Democrat), on Wednesday, 18 May 2016, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 27 members in total.

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EDUCATION IN EMERGENCIES

That this House notes that nearly one in six, or 75 million, children aged between 3 and 18 are living in countries affected by crises and are classed as being in desperate need of educational support; supports efforts to scale-up and improve the provision of education to these children; further notes the opportunity provided at the World Humanitarian Summit on 23-24 May 2016 in Istanbul for governments to generate the shared political, operational and financial commitment needed to meet the educational needs of these children, including via the establishment of Education Cannot Wait: the fund for education in emergencies; and calls on the Government to support Education Cannot Wait by being a founding donor in Istanbul.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

23 

Session

2016-17

Other sponsors

Mark Durkan

Jim Shannon

Paul Monaghan

Roger Mullin

Kirsten Oswald

Subjects

Developing countries Schools Students

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk