Continued Threat To The Availability Of Herbal Remedies

EDM number 133 in 1994-95, proposed by Peter Hain on 25/11/1994.

That this House regrets that the recent announcements by the Minister on the continued availability of herbal products are not sufficient to satisfy the concerns of Right honourable and honourable Members or herbal practitioners; notes that in a Written Answer to the honourable Member for Neath on 22nd November, Official Report, column 86, the Minister acknowledged that his attempts to safeguard the future availability of herbal remedies could not be relied upon because his defence that herbal products are not industrially produced, and thus fall outside the scope of the European directives, could be challenged in British and European courts which, he said, are independent bodies whose decisions cannot be fully predicted; believes that herbalists should expect a more robust and permanent protection from Her Majesty's Government; urges the Minister to return to the European Commission to seek further guarantee or a new European Directive the purpose of which is to guarantee the continued availability of herbal products throughout the European Community; further regrets that the Minister has failed to clarify whether his temporary protection applies only to the production of herbal remedies or also to their supply, and that he has left unclear the position of products supplied directly to herbalists for use in their preparations rather than to the public; and believes that the Minister should refrain from laying the Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations, Pharmacovigilance and Related Matters) Regulations until these matters are satisfactorily resolved.

This motion has been signed by a total of 85 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Peter Hain	25/11/1994	Neath		Proposed
Nicholas Winterton	25/11/1994	Macclesfield		Seconded
Tom Cox	28/11/1994	Tooting		Seconded
Alan Meale	28/11/1994	Mansfield		Seconded
Jean Corston	28/11/1994	Bristol East		Seconded
Jim Cunningham	28/11/1994	Coventry South East		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	28/11/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
John Evans	28/11/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Harry Barnes	28/11/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Hugh Bayley	28/11/1994	York, City of		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	28/11/1994	Caernarfon		Signed
Ann Winterton	28/11/1994	Congleton		Signed
John Cummings	28/11/1994	Easington		Signed
Frank Cook	28/11/1994	Stockton North		Signed
Colin Pickthall	28/11/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Lynne Jones	28/11/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	28/11/1994	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Liz Lynne	28/11/1994	Rochdale		Signed
Bill Michie	28/11/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alex Carlile	28/11/1994	Montgomery		Signed
Eric Clarke	28/11/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Tony Banks	29/11/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Clive Betts	29/11/1994	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
David Steel	29/11/1994	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	29/11/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
Michael Stephen	29/11/1994	Shoreham		Signed
Gerry Sutcliffe	29/11/1994	Bradford South		Signed
Paddy Tipping	29/11/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Mike Watson	29/11/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
Audrey Wise	29/11/1994	Preston		Signed
Ian Davidson	29/11/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Michael Connarty	29/11/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Michael Clapham	29/11/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Dennis Skinner	29/11/1994	Bolsover		Signed
Martin Smyth	29/11/1994	Belfast South		Signed
John Heppell	29/11/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Roy Hughes	29/11/1994	Newport East		Signed
Barry Jones	29/11/1994	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	29/11/1994	Ynys M		Signed
Ken Livingstone	29/11/1994	Brent East		Signed
Keith Bradley	29/11/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Ronnie Campbell	29/11/1994	Blyth Valley		Signed
Jim Wallace	30/11/1994	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
David Alton	30/11/1994	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Nick Ainger	30/11/1994	Pembroke		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	30/11/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Richard Burden	30/11/1994	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
Edward O'Hara	30/11/1994	Knowsley South		Signed
Eddie Loyden	30/11/1994	Liverpool, Garston		Signed
Helen Liddell	30/11/1994	Monklands East		Signed
Bridget Prentice	30/11/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Greg Pope	30/11/1994	Hyndburn		Signed
Peter Pike	30/11/1994	Burnley		Signed
Norman Godman	01/12/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Jim Dowd	01/12/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	01/12/1994	Leigh		Signed
Andrew Miller	01/12/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
John Hutton	01/12/1994	Barrow & Furness		Signed
Keith Hill	01/12/1994	Streatham		Signed
Nick Harvey	01/12/1994	North Devon		Signed
Alan Simpson	01/12/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	02/12/1994	Thurrock		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	05/12/1994	Gordon		Signed
John Denham	05/12/1994	Southampton, Itchen		Signed
Win Griffiths	05/12/1994	Bridgend		Signed
Menzies Campbell	06/12/1994	Fife North East		Signed
Eric Illsley	06/12/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Peter Hardy	06/12/1994	Wentworth		Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/12/1994	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
John Gunnell	07/12/1994	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Joe Benton	07/12/1994	Bootle		Signed
Allan Rogers	08/12/1994	Rhondda		Signed
Anne Campbell	08/12/1994	Cambridge		Signed
Tommy Graham	08/12/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Mike Hall	08/12/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/12/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
Don Foster	09/12/1994	Bath		Signed
Martyn Jones	13/12/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Harry Cohen	15/12/1994	Leyton		Signed
Bill Etherington	15/12/1994	Sunderland North		Signed
Joan Walley	15/12/1994	Stoke-on-Trent North		Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	10/01/1995	Coventry North West		Signed
Eddie McGrady	10/01/1995	South Down		Signed
Roland Boyes	19/01/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
David Nicholson	Unknown			Withdrawn

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