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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Children's Mental Health Week 2024 (25 January 2024)

Motion Details

That this House commemorates Children's Mental Health Week 2024 which runs from 5 to 11 February; notes with concern that one in five children between the ages of seven and sixteen have a probable mental health disorder; acknowledges the negative impacts that poor mental health can have on children's present and future wellbeing; further acknowledges the impact poor mental health is having on persistent absence in schools; recognises that this year's theme is My Voice Matters reflecting the importance of listening to children and young people; and further recognises the urgent need to provide early intervention and universal mental health support to children and young people.

Sponsored by:
Munira Wilson (Liberal Democrat)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Liberal Democrat
10
38%
 
 
Labour
5
19%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
4
15%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
12%
 
 
Scottish National Party
2
8%
 
 
Green Party
1
4%
 
 
Independent
1
4%
 
Sponsor List (26 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
LD
Sarah Dyke
Glastonbury and Somerton
LD
Richard Foord
Honiton and Sidmouth
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
DUP
Paul Girvan
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
Lab
Kim Johnson
Liverpool Riverside
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
DUP
Carla Lockhart
Upper Bann
Green
Caroline Lucas
Lab
Rachael Maskell
York Central
Lab
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
LD
Helen Morgan
North Shropshire
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ind
Claudia Webbe
SNP
Dr Philippa Whitford
PC
Hywel Williams
LD
Munira Wilson (Sponsor)
Twickenham
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford

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