Early Day Motions

Giving every child the best start in life

EDM (Early Day Motion) 31: tabled on 12 May 2021

Tabled in the 2021-22 session.

This motion has been signed by 151 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

Motion text

That this House notes the work of WAVE Trust and its 70/30 campaign to reduce levels of child abuse, neglect and domestic abuse by 70 per cent by 2030; further notes that over two-thirds of this House have endorsed that campaign, including a majority from all parties; recognises the role that Adverse Childhood Experiences play in the entrenchment of intergenerational health and income inequalities and the loss of over £20 billion per year to the UK economy; welcomes the publication of the Early Years Review; and calls on the Government to adopt a comprehensive early years’ strategy to prevent harm to children before it happens, ensuring that all parents are supported to give children the best possible start in life.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

Hobhouse, Wera
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 12 May 2021
Bath
Primary
Shannon, Jim
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 12 May 2021
Strangford
Cameron, Dr Lisa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 May 2021
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Jardine, Christine
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 13 May 2021
Edinburgh West
Gwynne, Andrew
Labour
Signed on 13 May 2021
Denton and Reddish
Yasin, Mohammad
Labour
Signed on 14 May 2021
Bedford

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

McDonnell, John
Labour
Signed on 14 May 2021
Hayes and Harlington
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 May 2021
Glasgow North West
Swayne, Sir Desmond
Conservative
Signed on 17 May 2021
New Forest West
Hanvey, Neale
Alba Party
Signed on 19 May 2021
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
MacAskill, Kenny
Alba Party
Signed on 20 May 2021
East Lothian
Lake, Ben
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 20 May 2021
Ceredigion
Williams, Hywel
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 24 May 2021
Arfon
McDonagh, Siobhain
Labour
Signed on 25 May 2021
Mitcham and Morden
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 7 June 2021
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Whittaker, Craig
Conservative
Signed on 7 June 2021
Calder Valley
Ferrier, Margaret
Independent
Signed on 12 July 2021
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Wishart, Pete
Scottish National Party
Signed on 12 July 2021
Perth and North Perthshire
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Dorans, Allan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock
Nicolson, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Ochil and South Perthshire
Davey, Ed
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 13 July 2021
Kingston and Surbiton
Sheppard, Tommy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Edinburgh East
Callaghan, Amy
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
East Dunbartonshire
Whitford, Dr Philippa
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Central Ayrshire
Thomson, Richard
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Gordon
McDonald, Stuart C
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 July 2021
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
Farron, Tim
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 14 July 2021
Westmorland and Lonsdale
Abrahams, Debbie
Labour
Signed on 15 July 2021
Oldham East and Saddleworth
Howarth, Sir George
Labour
Signed on 15 July 2021
Knowsley
Moran, Layla
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 15 July 2021
Oxford West and Abingdon
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 July 2021
Glasgow North
Osborne, Kate
Labour
Signed on 16 July 2021
Jarrow
Whitley, Mick
Labour
Signed on 16 July 2021
Birkenhead
Hodge, Dame Margaret
Labour
Signed on 16 July 2021
Barking
Johnson, Kim
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
Liverpool, Riverside
Brock, Deidre
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 July 2021
Edinburgh North and Leith
Huq, Dr Rupa
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
Ealing Central and Acton
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 19 July 2021
Argyll and Bute
Lloyd, Tony
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
Rochdale
Timms, Stephen
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
East Ham
Long Bailey, Rebecca
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
Salford and Eccles
Begum, Apsana
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
Poplar and Limehouse
Cruddas, Jon
Labour
Signed on 19 July 2021
Dagenham and Rainham
Girvan, Paul
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 20 July 2021
South Antrim
Barker, Paula
Labour
Signed on 20 July 2021
Liverpool, Wavertree
Olney, Sarah
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 22 July 2021
Richmond Park
Carmichael, Mr Alistair
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 22 July 2021
Orkney and Shetland
Brown, Mr Nicholas
Labour
Signed on 22 July 2021
Newcastle upon Tyne East
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 July 2021
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Wilson, Munira
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 22 July 2021
Twickenham
Chamberlain, Wendy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 22 July 2021
North East Fife
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 July 2021
Edinburgh South West
Cooper, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 6 September 2021
West Lancashire
Cooper, Daisy
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 6 September 2021
St Albans
Lewis, Dr Julian
Conservative
Signed on 6 September 2021
New Forest East
Benton, Scott
Conservative
Signed on 6 September 2021
Blackpool South
Oswald, Kirsten
Scottish National Party
Signed on 6 September 2021
East Renfrewshire
Benn, Hilary
Labour
Signed on 6 September 2021
Leeds Central
Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 6 September 2021
Livingston
Hendrick, Sir Mark
Labour
Signed on 24 August 2021
Preston
Stone, Jamie
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 7 September 2021
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Robinson, Gavin
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 7 September 2021
Belfast East
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 8 September 2021
Dundee West
Edwards, Jonathan
Independent
Signed on 8 September 2021
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Blackman, Bob
Conservative
Signed on 10 September 2021
Harrow East
Penning, Sir Mike
Conservative
Signed on 13 September 2021
Hemel Hempstead
Abbott, Ms Diane
Labour
Signed on 15 September 2021
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lockhart, Carla
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 15 September 2021
Upper Bann
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 September 2021
Midlothian
Timpson, Edward
Conservative
Signed on 17 September 2021
Eddisbury
Fellows, Marion
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 September 2021
Motherwell and Wishaw
Carden, Dan
Labour
Signed on 20 September 2021
Liverpool, Walton
Eagle, Dame Angela
Labour
Signed on 20 September 2021
Wallasey
Doogan, Dave
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 September 2021
Angus
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 September 2021
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Lavery, Ian
Labour
Signed on 23 September 2021
Wansbeck
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 October 2021
Glasgow Central
Gibson, Patricia
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 October 2021
North Ayrshire and Arran
Rees, Christina
Labour
Signed on 18 October 2021
Neath
Dowd, Peter
Labour
Signed on 18 October 2021
Bootle
Flynn, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 18 October 2021
Aberdeen South
Crouch, Tracey
Conservative
Signed on 19 October 2021
Chatham and Aylesford
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 October 2021
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Bonnar, Steven
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 October 2021
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
McDonald, Stewart Malcolm
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 October 2021
Glasgow South
Sarah Green,
Signed on 20 October 2021
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 20 October 2021
Glasgow South West
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 October 2021
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Winter, Beth
Labour
Signed on 21 October 2021
Cynon Valley
Morris, Grahame
Labour
Signed on 22 October 2021
Easington
De Cordova, Marsha
Labour
Signed on 22 October 2021
Battersea
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 22 October 2021
Lanark and Hamilton East
Blackman, Kirsty
Scottish National Party
Signed on 25 October 2021
Aberdeen North
Hollern, Kate
Labour
Signed on 25 October 2021
Blackburn
Hardy, Emma
Labour
Signed on 26 October 2021
Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
Campbell, Mr Gregory
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 26 October 2021
East Londonderry
Russell-Moyle, Lloyd
Labour
Signed on 27 October 2021
Brighton, Kemptown
Corbyn, Jeremy
Independent
Signed on 27 October 2021
Islington North
McDonald, Andy
Labour
Signed on 1 November 2021
Middlesbrough
McKinnell, Catherine
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Newcastle upon Tyne North
Rosindell, Andrew
Conservative
Signed on 15 November 2021
Romford
Mishra, Navendu
Labour
Signed on 15 November 2021
Stockport
Blomfield, Paul
Labour
Signed on 16 November 2021
Sheffield Central
Trickett, Jon
Labour
Signed on 16 November 2021
Hemsworth
Sharma, Mr Virendra
Labour
Signed on 17 November 2021
Ealing, Southall
Bottomley, Sir Peter
Conservative
Signed on 22 November 2021
Worthing West
Jones, Mr Kevan
Labour
Signed on 24 November 2021
North Durham
Linden, David
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 December 2021
Glasgow East
Chapman, Douglas
Scottish National Party
Signed on 1 December 2021
Dunfermline and West Fife
Farry, Stephen
Alliance
Signed on 3 December 2021
North Down
Ms Anum Qaisar,
Signed on 9 December 2021
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 13 December 2021
Falkirk
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 December 2021
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Nichols, Charlotte
Labour
Signed on 16 December 2021
Warrington North
Foy, Mary Kelly
Labour
Signed on 16 December 2021
City of Durham
Cowan, Ronnie
Scottish National Party
Signed on 5 January 2022
Inverclyde
Docherty-Hughes, Martin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 5 January 2022
West Dunbartonshire
Knight, Sir Greg
Conservative
Signed on 5 January 2022
East Yorkshire
Grant, Peter
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 January 2022
Glenrothes
McLaughlin, Anne
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 January 2022
Glasgow North East
Sultana, Zarah
Labour
Signed on 12 January 2022
Coventry South
Smith, Alyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 January 2022
Stirling
Mearns, Ian
Labour
Signed on 14 January 2022
Gateshead
Vickers, Martin
Conservative
Signed on 14 January 2022
Cleethorpes
Ribeiro-Addy, Bell
Labour
Signed on 19 January 2022
Streatham
Maskell, Rachael
Labour
Signed on 24 January 2022
York Central
Smith, Cat
Labour
Signed on 27 January 2022
Lancaster and Fleetwood
Hosie, Stewart
Scottish National Party
Signed on 31 January 2022
Dundee East
Robertson, Mr Laurence
Conservative
Signed on 31 January 2022
Tewkesbury
Betts, Mr Clive
Labour
Signed on 3 February 2022
Sheffield South East
Hanna, Claire
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 8 February 2022
Belfast South
Halfon, Robert
Conservative
Signed on 22 February 2022
Harlow
Eastwood, Colum
Social Democratic & Labour Party
Signed on 23 February 2022
Foyle
Paisley, Ian
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 28 February 2022
North Antrim
Donaldson, Sir Jeffrey M
Democratic Unionist Party
Signed on 1 March 2022
Lagan Valley
Turner, Karl
Labour
Signed on 3 March 2022
Kingston upon Hull East
Butler, Dawn
Labour
Signed on 7 March 2022
Brent Central
Lewis, Clive
Labour
Signed on 7 March 2022
Norwich South
Sheerman, Mr Barry
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2022
Huddersfield
Cryer, John
Labour
Signed on 16 March 2022
Leyton and Wanstead
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on 17 March 2022
Bolton South East
Burgon, Richard
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Leeds East
Webbe, Claudia
Independent
Signed on 19 April 2022
Leicester East
Duffield, Rosie
Labour
Signed on 19 April 2022
Canterbury
Byrne, Ian
Labour
Signed on 20 April 2022
Liverpool, West Derby
Henderson, Gordon
Conservative
Signed on 20 April 2022
Sittingbourne and Sheppey
McCabe, Steve
Labour
Signed on 20 April 2022
Birmingham, Selly Oak
Greenwood, Margaret
Labour
Signed on 21 April 2022
Wirral West
Efford, Clive
Labour
Signed on 26 April 2022
Eltham

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.