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Victims Of Cadaver-Derived Human Growth Hormone

EDM number 1436 in 1992-93, proposed by Angela Eagle on 19/02/1993.

That this House notes that 1,980 British children were treated with cadaver-derived human growth hormone between 1959 and 1985 as part of a medical research programme and drug trial conducted by the UKMRC; notes that the treatments were withdrawn after reports from the United States of America of the deaths from Creutzfeld-Jacob disease of United States recipients; notes further that six confirmed deaths amongst United Kingdom recipients have since occurred; notes with great concern that the cadaveric material consisting of approximately 900,000 pituitary glands was collected and paid for by UKMRC with no practical regard for meeting legal requirements on human tissue removal or the screening out of infected glands; notes that administration of human growth hormone continued without the product ever appearing to fall within the regulatory frameworks of the Therapeutic Substances Act 1956 or the Medicines Act 1968 and thus it escaped any regulation with respect to its strength, quality, purity, safety or efficacy; notes with great concern the plight of the remaining United Kingdom recipients and their families who are faced with the prospect of possibly incubating this disease in its pre-clinical state for up to 35 years, that there are no tests that will detect its presence prior to the onset of clinical symptoms, and that once symptoms occur death is inevitable, particularly horrific and usually follows within 12 months; and demands that the Government intervenes to establish a compensation scheme along the lines of the MacFarlane Trust (Special Payments (2) for the victims of this scandal and the families of those who have died.

This motion has been signed by a total of 148 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Angela Eagle19/02/1993WallaseyProposed
Colin Pickthall19/02/1993West LancashireSigned
Peter Pike19/02/1993BurnleySigned
Robert Parry19/02/1993Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Bridget Prentice19/02/1993Lewisham EastSigned
Dawn Primarolo19/02/1993Bristol SouthSigned
Joyce Quin19/02/1993Gateshead EastSigned
Barbara Roche19/02/1993Hornsey & Wood GreenSigned
Terry Rooney19/02/1993Bradford NorthSigned
Brian Sedgemore19/02/1993Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Clare Short19/02/1993Birmingham, LadywoodSigned
Nigel Spearing19/02/1993Newham SouthSigned
Doug Henderson19/02/1993Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
John Heppell19/02/1993Nottingham EastSigned
Keith Hill19/02/1993StreathamSigned
David Hinchliffe19/02/1993WakefieldSigned
George Howarth19/02/1993Knowsley NorthSigned
Kevin Hughes19/02/1993Doncaster NorthSigned
John Hutton19/02/1993Barrow & FurnessSigned
Glenda Jackson19/02/1993Hampstead & HighgateSigned
Helen Jackson19/02/1993Sheffield, HillsboroughSigned
David Jamieson19/02/1993Plymouth, DevonportSigned
Lynne Jones19/02/1993Birmingham, Selly OakSigned
Martyn Jones19/02/1993Clwyd South WestSigned
Nigel Jones19/02/1993CheltenhamSigned
Tessa Jowell19/02/1993DulwichSigned
Peter Kilfoyle19/02/1993Liverpool, WaltonSigned
Ron Leighton19/02/1993Newham North EastSigned
Terry Lewis19/02/1993WorsleySigned
Tony Lloyd19/02/1993StretfordSigned
Liz Lynne19/02/1993RochdaleSigned
Calum MacDonald19/02/1993Na h-Eileanan an IarSigned
Alice Mahon19/02/1993HalifaxSigned
Peter Mandelson19/02/1993HartlepoolSigned
John Marek19/02/1993WrexhamSigned
Jim Marshall19/02/1993Leicester SouthSigned
Eric Martlew19/02/1993CarlisleSigned
John McAllion19/02/1993Dundee EastSigned
Alan Meale19/02/1993MansfieldSigned
Alan Milburn19/02/1993DarlingtonSigned
Andrew Miller19/02/1993Ellesmere Port & NestonSigned
Lewis Moonie19/02/1993KirkcaldySigned
Estelle Morris19/02/1993Birmingham, YardleySigned
Chris Mullin19/02/1993Sunderland SouthSigned
Edward O'Hara19/02/1993Knowsley SouthSigned
Stan Orme19/02/1993Salford EastSigned
Roland Boyes19/02/1993Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Richard Burden19/02/1993Birmingham, NorthfieldSigned
Stephen Byers19/02/1993WallsendSigned
Richard Caborn19/02/1993Sheffield CentralSigned
James Callaghan19/02/1993Heywood & MiddletonSigned
Anne Campbell19/02/1993CambridgeSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours19/02/1993WorkingtonSigned
Malcolm Chisholm19/02/1993Edinburgh LeithSigned
Harry Cohen19/02/1993LeytonSigned
Jean Corston19/02/1993Bristol EastSigned
Jim Cunningham19/02/1993Coventry South EastSigned
Alistair Darling19/02/1993Edinburgh CentralSigned
Ian Davidson19/02/1993Glasgow, GovanSigned
John Denham19/02/1993Southampton, ItchenSigned
Bill Etherington19/02/1993Sunderland NorthSigned
Derek Fatchett19/02/1993Leeds CentralSigned
Mark Fisher19/02/1993Stoke-on-Trent CentralSigned
Paul Flynn19/02/1993Newport WestSigned
George Foulkes19/02/1993Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleySigned
John Fraser19/02/1993NorwoodSigned
Maria Fyfe19/02/1993Glasgow, MaryhillSigned
Mike Gapes19/02/1993Ilford SouthSigned
John Garrett19/02/1993Norwich SouthSigned
Neil Gerrard19/02/1993WalthamstowSigned
Tommy Graham19/02/1993Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Diane Abbott19/02/1993Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonSigned
Irene Adams19/02/1993Paisley NorthSigned
Graham Allen19/02/1993Nottingham NorthSigned
Win Griffiths19/02/1993BridgendSigned
John Gunnell19/02/1993Leeds South and MorleySigned
Peter Hain19/02/1993NeathSigned
Mike Hall19/02/1993Warrington SouthSigned
Janet Anderson19/02/1993Rossendale & DarwenSigned
Harry Barnes19/02/1993North East DerbyshireSigned
Kevin Barron19/02/1993Rother ValleySigned
John Battle19/02/1993Leeds WestSigned
Hugh Bayley19/02/1993York, City ofSigned
Gerry Bermingham19/02/1993St Helens SouthSigned
Clive Betts19/02/1993Sheffield, AttercliffeSigned
Paul Boateng19/02/1993Brent SouthSigned
Jimmy Boyce19/02/1993RotherhamSigned
Paddy Tipping19/02/1993SherwoodSigned
Malcolm Wicks19/02/1993Croydon North WestSigned
Alan Williams19/02/1993Swansea WestSigned
Audrey Wise19/02/1993PrestonSigned
James Wray19/02/1993Glasgow ProvanSigned
Ernie Ross22/02/1993Dundee WestSigned
Peter Hardy22/02/1993WentworthSigned
Norman Hogg22/02/1993Cumbernauld & KilsythSigned
Doug Hoyle22/02/1993Warrington NorthSigned
Russell Johnston22/02/1993Inverness, Nairn and LochaberSigned
Joan Lestor22/02/1993EcclesSigned
Ken Livingstone22/02/1993Brent EastSigned
Ian McCartney22/02/1993MakerfieldSigned
William McKelvey22/02/1993Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Bill Michie22/02/1993Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Keith Bradley22/02/1993Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Ann Coffey22/02/1993StockportSigned
Michael Connarty22/02/1993Falkirk EastSigned
John Cummings22/02/1993EasingtonSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe22/02/1993LeighSigned
Bryan Davies22/02/1993Oldham Central and RoytonSigned
Jim Dowd22/02/1993Lewisham WestSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie22/02/1993Glasgow, PollokSigned
Tony Banks22/02/1993Newham North WestSigned
Joe Benton22/02/1993BootleSigned
Gerry Steinberg22/02/1993Durham, City ofSigned
Robert Wareing22/02/1993Liverpool, West DerbySigned
Gordon Prentice23/02/1993PendleSigned
Martin Redmond23/02/1993Don ValleySigned
Dennis Skinner23/02/1993BolsoverSigned
Jane Kennedy23/02/1993Liverpool BroadgreenSigned
Robert Litherland23/02/1993Manchester CentralSigned
Eddie Loyden23/02/1993Liverpool, GarstonSigned
Ray Michie23/02/1993Argyll & ButeSigned
Alf Morris23/02/1993Manchester WythenshaweSigned
Ronnie Campbell23/02/1993Blyth ValleySigned
David Clelland23/02/1993Tyne BridgeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn23/02/1993Islington NorthSigned
Kenneth Eastham23/02/1993Manchester, BlackleySigned
John Evans23/02/1993St Helens NorthSigned
Andrew Faulds23/02/1993Warley EastSigned
Frank Field23/02/1993BirkenheadSigned
Jack Thompson23/02/1993WansbeckSigned
Norman Godman24/02/1993Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
George Mudie25/02/1993Leeds EastSigned
Terry Davis25/02/1993Birmingham, Hodge HillSigned
Derek Enright25/02/1993HemsworthSigned
Mike Watson25/02/1993Glasgow CentralSigned
Joseph Hendron26/02/1993Belfast WestSigned
Jim Wallace03/03/1993Orkney & ShetlandSigned
Allan Rogers04/03/1993RhonddaSigned
Don Foster05/03/1993BathSigned
Frank Cook23/03/1993Stockton NorthSigned
Jo Richardson26/03/1993BarkingSigned
Greg Pope31/03/1993HyndburnSigned
Peter Snape13/07/1993West Bromwich EastSigned
Mike O'Brien20/07/1993North WarwickshireSigned
Kim Howells22/07/1993PontypriddSigned
Winston Churchill18/10/1993DavyhulmeSigned
Andrew MacKinlay02/11/1993ThurrockSigned
David Rendel04/11/1993NewburySigned

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