PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
End Child Poverty Coalition All Kids Count campaign (4 June 2023)

Motion Details

That this House notes the publication of the End Child Poverty Coalition’s local child poverty statistics; highlights that the statistics show that 29 per cent of 0 to 19 year-olds were living in poverty in the UK in 2021-22; commends the End Child Poverty Coalition for their campaign All Kids Count in drawing attention to this issue; and calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to end the two-child limit for benefit payments.

Sponsored by:
Kim Johnson (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
20
38%
 
 
Scottish National Party
11
21%
 
 
Independent
7
13%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
5
9%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
4%
 
 
Alba Party
2
4%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
4%
 
 
Green Party
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (53 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
Lab
Paul Blomfield
SNP
Deidre Brock
SNP
Alan Brown
Ind
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
Ind
Ian Byrne
Liverpool West Derby
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
SNP
Martyn Day
SNP
Allan Dorans
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
Foyle
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
SNP
Marion Fellows
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
SNP
Patrick Grady
LD
Sarah Green
Chesham and Amersham
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Alba
Neale Hanvey
Lab
Sir Mark Hendrick
Preston
Lab
Sir George Howarth
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
Lab
Kim Johnson (Sponsor)
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Mrs Emma Lewell-Buck
South Shields
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
SNP
David Linden
Lab
Tony Lloyd
DUP
Carla Lockhart
Upper Bann
Green
Caroline Lucas
Alba
Kenny MacAskill
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Grahame Morris
Easington
Lab
Charlotte Nichols
Warrington North
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
Lab
Christina Rees
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
Lab
Ms Marie Rimmer
St Helens South and Whiston
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
Lab
Cat Smith
Lancaster and Wyre
SNP
Chris Stephens
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Alison Thewliss
Lab
Jon Trickett
Normanton and Hemsworth
Ind
Claudia Webbe
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
Lab
Mick Whitley
Lab
Nadia Whittome
Nottingham East
PC
Hywel Williams

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