Comfrey

EDM number 131 in 1993-94, proposed by Jean Corston on 30/11/1993.

That this House observes that comfrey is a common hedgerow plant which has for 1,500 years been used as a herbal remedy and tea, and is eaten as a vegetable; notes that the proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine have reported that tumour bearing rodents consuming comfrey extract survived on average 59 per cent. longer than a control group and that Nutrition Reports International reported that when rodents were fed with comfrey equivalent to 127 per cent. of body weight they developed no abnormalities and thrived better than groups on different feeds; observes that the British Medical Journal, reviewing literature following claims of harm to humans, concluded that people who have taken or used products containing comfrey have no cause for alarm; accepts that comfrey does, in common with many other plants, contain alkaloids, but notes that the alkaloids found in comfrey have not been shown to be harmful at levels of likely intake; notes that comfrey is considered by many people to have valuable health-promoting nutritional properties; and deeply regrets the precipitate recommendations of the Committee on Toxicity of Food which in being accepted by the Minister have led to a ban on tablets and capsules of this food product and have caused unnecessary inconvenience and distress to many consumers.

This motion has been signed by a total of 107 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jean Corston	30/11/1993	Bristol East		Proposed
Angela Eagle	30/11/1993	Wallasey		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	30/11/1993	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Jim Dowd	30/11/1993	Lewisham West		Signed
Nirj Deva	30/11/1993	Brentford & Isleworth		Signed
Terry Davis	30/11/1993	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	30/11/1993	Leigh		Signed
Jim Cousins	30/11/1993	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
Frank Cook	30/11/1993	Stockton North		Signed
Michael Connarty	30/11/1993	Falkirk East		Signed
Eric Clarke	30/11/1993	Midlothian		Signed
Michael Clapham	30/11/1993	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	30/11/1993	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Bill Cash	30/11/1993	Stafford		Signed
Alex Carlile	30/11/1993	Montgomery		Signed
Jamie Cann	30/11/1993	Ipswich		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	30/11/1993	Blyth Valley		Signed
Derek Enright	30/11/1993	Hemsworth		Signed
Bill Etherington	30/11/1993	Sunderland North		Signed
Audrey Wise	30/11/1993	Preston		Signed
Nicholas Winterton	30/11/1993	Macclesfield		Signed
Ann Winterton	30/11/1993	Congleton		Signed
Alan Williams	30/11/1993	Swansea West		Signed
Joan Walley	30/11/1993	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Keith Vaz	30/11/1993	Leicester East		Signed
Dennis Turner	30/11/1993	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Jack Thompson	30/11/1993	Wansbeck		Signed
Teddy Taylor	30/11/1993	Southend East		Signed
Matthew Taylor	30/11/1993	Truro		Signed
Tony Benn	30/11/1993	Chesterfield		Signed
Peter Hain	30/11/1993	Neath		Signed
John Gunnell	30/11/1993	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Win Griffiths	30/11/1993	Bridgend		Signed
Andrew Faulds	30/11/1993	Warley East		Signed
John Evans	30/11/1993	St Helens North		Signed
Menzies Campbell	30/11/1993	Fife North East		Signed
Anne Campbell	30/11/1993	Cambridge		Signed
David Jamieson	30/11/1993	Plymouth, Devonport		Signed
Helen Jackson	30/11/1993	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/11/1993	Hampstead & Highgate		Signed
Kate Hoey	30/11/1993	Vauxhall		Signed
Nick Harvey	30/11/1993	North Devon		Signed
Peter Hardy	30/11/1993	Wentworth		Signed
Andrew Smith	30/11/1993	Oxford East		Signed
Dennis Skinner	30/11/1993	Bolsover		Signed
Alan Simpson	30/11/1993	Nottingham South		Signed
Barbara Roche	30/11/1993	Hornsey & Wood Green		Signed
David Rendel	30/11/1993	Newbury		Signed
Dawn Primarolo	30/11/1993	Bristol South		Signed
Bridget Prentice	30/11/1993	Lewisham East		Signed
Robert Parry	30/11/1993	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Peter Pike	30/11/1993	Burnley		Signed
Colin Pickthall	30/11/1993	West Lancashire		Signed
Toby Jessel	30/11/1993	Twickenham		Signed
Martyn Jones	30/11/1993	Clwyd South West		Signed
Richard Burden	30/11/1993	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
David Nicholson	30/11/1993	Taunton		Signed
Estelle Morris	30/11/1993	Birmingham, Yardley		Signed
Andrew Miller	30/11/1993	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Bill Michie	30/11/1993	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alan Meale	30/11/1993	Mansfield		Signed
Ian McCartney	30/11/1993	Makerfield		Signed
John McAllion	30/11/1993	Dundee East		Signed
John Marek	30/11/1993	Wrexham		Signed
Nigel Jones	30/11/1993	Cheltenham		Signed
Tessa Jowell	30/11/1993	Dulwich		Signed
Ken Livingstone	30/11/1993	Brent East		Signed
Eddie Loyden	30/11/1993	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Liz Lynne	30/11/1993	Rochdale		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	30/11/1993	Thurrock		Signed
Alice Mahon	30/11/1993	Halifax		Signed
Tony Banks	01/12/1993	Newham North West		Signed
Norman Godman	01/12/1993	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Ian Davidson	01/12/1993	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Alistair Darling	01/12/1993	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Keith Bradley	01/12/1993	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Eric Illsley	01/12/1993	Barnsley Central		Signed
Kim Howells	01/12/1993	Pontypridd		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/12/1993	Islington North		Signed
Janet Anderson	02/12/1993	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
John Battle	02/12/1993	Leeds West		Signed
Russell Johnston	06/12/1993	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Harry Barnes	06/12/1993	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Gordon Oakes	07/12/1993	Halton		Signed
Terry Patchett	07/12/1993	Barnsley East		Signed
George Howarth	08/12/1993	Knowsley North		Signed
John Cummings	08/12/1993	Easington		Signed
Tommy Graham	08/12/1993	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	08/12/1993	Durham, City of		Signed
Stephen Byers	09/12/1993	Wallsend		Signed
Mike Hall	14/12/1993	Warrington South		Signed
Mike Gapes	17/12/1993	Ilford South		Signed
Teresa Gorman	17/01/1994	Billericay		Signed
Diana Maddock	20/01/1994	Christchurch		Signed
Robert Hicks	21/01/1994	South East Cornwall		Signed
Ray Michie	25/01/1994	Argyll & Bute		Signed
Jane Kennedy	26/01/1994	Liverpool Broadgreen		Signed
Alan Wynne Williams	27/01/1994	Carmarthen		Signed
Max Madden	31/01/1994	Bradford West		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	01/02/1994	Caernarfon		Signed
Barry Sheerman	01/02/1994	Huddersfield		Signed
Nicholas Bonsor	02/02/1994	Upminster		Signed
Roland Boyes	03/02/1994	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	03/02/1994	Workington		Signed
Rachel Squire	04/03/1994	Dunfermline West		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	19/04/1994	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Jimmy Boyce	Unknown			Withdrawn

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