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Voluntary Euthanasia

EDM number 320 in 1989-90, proposed by Roland Boyes on 16/01/1990.

That this House is aware of a recent National Opinion Poll survey which shows 75 per cent. of the population are in favour of the principle of voluntary euthanasia; is further aware that in Holland doctors who act within the published guidelines for the proper practice of euthanasia are not prosecuted; and calls upon the Home Secretary to make a statement with a view to appropriate legislation in a forthcoming Parliamentary Session.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Roland Boyes16/01/1990Houghton and WashingtonProposed
Ron Davies16/01/1990CaerphillySeconded
John Smith23/01/1990Vale of GlamorganSigned
Eric Illsley23/01/1990Barnsley CentralSigned
David Clelland23/01/1990Tyne BridgeSigned
Nicholas Fairbairn23/01/1990Perth and KinrossSigned
Mark Wolfson23/01/1990SevenoaksSigned
Brian Sedgemore24/01/1990Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
John Garrett24/01/1990Norwich SouthSigned
Max Madden29/01/1990Bradford WestSigned
Tony Benn29/01/1990ChesterfieldSigned
John Townend30/01/1990BridlingtonSigned
Alan Wynne Williams08/02/1990CarmarthenSeconded
David Mitchell08/02/1990North West HampshireSigned
Jacques Arnold12/02/1990GraveshamSigned
Raymond Powell15/02/1990OgmoreSigned
Graham Allen22/02/1990Nottingham NorthSigned
Robert Hughes05/03/1990Aberdeen NorthSigned
Ronald Brown14/03/1990Edinburgh LeithSigned
Russell Johnston19/03/1990Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Dafydd Elis Thomas22/03/1990Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Ken Livingstone27/03/1990Brent EastSigned
Kevin Barron29/03/1990Rother ValleySigned
Mo Mowlam01/05/1990RedcarSigned
Michael Colvin01/05/1990Romsey and WatersideSigned
Michael Foot01/05/1990Blaenau GwentSigned
Joe Ashton01/05/1990BassetlawSigned
Dennis Turner01/05/1990Wolverhampton South EastSigned
David AltonUnknownWithdrawn
Alan WilliamsUnknownWithdrawn

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