Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Jimmy Wray (Labour), on Tuesday, 5 November 1991, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 30 members in total.

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LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN BRITAIN AND EASTERHOUSE AND HEALTHY DIET

That, although not surprised, this House is deeply distressed at the findings by a nationwide survey that low income families go hungry and that parents have sometimes to avoid eating in order to provide their children with food; treats with contempt politically biased claims that the blame lies with the poor and not with the unjust and uncaring Government policies which, at the same time, take money from the poor to give it to the rich and foster unemployment, business closures and destruction of the social security system; expresses its sympathy to all the low-income families in the United Kingdom, especially those of Easterhouse in Glasgow where the extent of poverty is such that perinatal mortality, accompanied by deprivation and cuts in the social security system, is three times the national average; calls upon the British people to mobilise for a campaign to restore the urgent social benefits to help families in need coupled with adequate national information about healthy diets; but reminds the country that the real way out from this is a successful and sustained economic system bringing prosperity to all.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

LOW-INCOME FAMILIES IN BRITAIN AND EASTERHOUSE AND HEALTHY DIET (73A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Alan Williams (primary, Labour) and tabled on Wednesday, 6 November 1991. It has been signed by 7 members in total.

at end add 'and calls upon the Prime Minister to recognise that deprivation on this scale cannot be reconciled with a classless society and a Citizen's Charter'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

73 

73A1 

Session

1991-92

Subjects

Diets Low incomes Poverty Perinatal mortality

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk