END CHILD POVERTY KEEP THE PROMISE CAMPAIGN

That this House notes the Prime Minister stated in his speech to the Labour Party Conference in Manchester on 23rd September that `because child poverty demeans Britain, we have committed our party to tackle and to end it', and announced his intention to introduce ground-breaking legislation to enshrine in law Labour's pledge to end child poverty; welcomes this commitment, while recognising that one in three children in the UK still live in poverty; congratulates the organisers of the march in London on 4th October with the theme of End Child Poverty-Keep the Promise; further notes the importance of the petition that supports this campaign; further notes that 110 organisations are part of the campaign-organising coalition; calls for special attention to be paid to the necessity for warm, dry and safe homes, a nutritious and balanced diet, access to books and computers, at least one holiday a year, access to public transport and safe places for recreation; and calls upon the Chancellor of the Exchequer to make ending child poverty a priority in all future budgets.