OLDER PEOPLE'S FOOD CHARTER
28.01.2009
Taylor, David
That this House endorses article 25(1) of the UN Declaration of Human Rights and recognises access to sufficient, affordable, safe and nutritious food as a human right; acknowledges the growing evidence that older people's access to food is more easily compromised than other sectors of society; is aware of the growing risk of malnutrition in an increasingly ageing population due to a wide range of factors, including lack of transport, bad weather, fuel poverty, bereavement, social exclusion, medication, illness or carer illness; strongly supports voluntary sector efforts to engage older people in planning the content of an Older People's Food Charter; welcomes the launch of a UK Older People's Food Summit with the participation of older people, leading food retailers, the NHS, local government, regulators and others; encourages older people and carers to have their say in preparing the Food Charter; and calls upon the Government to consider older people's food access issues in the formulation of policy.
54 MPs Subscribed (at 19th March 2009)
Taylor, David
Davies, Dai
Russell, Bob
Bottomley, Peter
George, Andrew
Drew, David
Harvey, Nick
Hoyle, Lindsay
Humble, Joan
O'Hara, Edward
Corbyn, Jeremy
MacNeil, Angus
Williams, Stephen
Prentice, Gordon
Jones, Lynne
Meale, Alan
Cohen, Harry
Cryer, Ann
Dismore, Andrew
Dobbin, Jim
Evans, Nigel
Gidley, Sandra
Hancock, Mike
Simpson, Alan
Hopkins, Kelvin
McCafferty, Chris
Gibson, Ian
Scott, Lee
Hughes, Simon
McCartney, Ian
McCrea, Dr William
Burgon, Colin
Caton, Martin
Etherington, Bill
Flynn, Paul
Vis, Rudi
Williams, Betty
Willis, Phil
Hunter, Mark
Williams, Roger
Williams, Mark
Dean, Janet
Austin, John
Foster, Michael Jabez
Younger-Ross, Richard
Jenkins, Brian
Clapham, Michael
Stunell, Andrew
Mulholland, Greg
Francis, Hywel
Singh, Marsha
McDonnell, John
Dodds, Nigel
Robinson, Iris
