Availability Of Herbal Remedies

EDM number 14 in 1994-95, proposed by William Cash on 16/11/1994.

That this House notes the valuable contribution made to the health of millions of British subjects, over many centuries, by the use of herbal remedies; notes that the proposed implementation on 1st January 1995 of a draft Statutory Instrument, Medicines for Human Use (Marketing Authorisations, Pharmacovigilance and Related Matters) Regulations 1994, would remove exemptions for herbal remedies from the medicines licensing procedures currently afforded, by sections 12 and 56 of the Medicines Act 1968 and could lead to such herbal products requiring a full product licence at a cost of up to ú84,000; regrets that this would inevitably lead to the disappearance of the majority of herbal remedies which have been used safely and effectively for many years; observes that such changes would also damage those who practise the systems of medicine favoured by many in the Asian, Caribbean and Chinese communities; opposes the injury which such a move would have on responsible manufacturers of such products, health food shops and medical herbalists and on the significant progress being made in improving standards of quality, safety and efficacy for herbal remedies; and, bearing in mind that Germany has taken it upon itself to provide its own exemptions, urges Her Majesty's Government urgently to consult more widely with those organisations involved in herbal medicine and to decline to bring forward the proposed Statutory Instrument.

This motion has been signed by a total of 140 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Bill Cash	16/11/1994	Stafford		Proposed
Nicholas Winterton	16/11/1994	Macclesfield		Signed
David Tredinnick	16/11/1994	Bosworth		Signed
Paddy Tipping	16/11/1994	Sherwood		Signed
Peter Hain	16/11/1994	Neath		Signed
Llin Golding	16/11/1994	Newcastle-under-Lyme		Signed
Jean Corston	16/11/1994	Bristol East		Signed
David Nicholson	16/11/1994	Taunton		Signed
Roger Moate	16/11/1994	Faversham		Signed
Lynne Jones	16/11/1994	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Greville Janner	16/11/1994	Leicester West		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	17/11/1994	Leigh		Signed
Alistair Darling	17/11/1994	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Jim Dowd	17/11/1994	Lewisham West		Signed
John Evans	17/11/1994	St Helens North		Signed
Michael Fabricant	17/11/1994	Staffordshire Mid		Signed
Christopher Gill	17/11/1994	Ludlow		Signed
John Cummings	17/11/1994	Easington		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	17/11/1994	Islington North		Signed
Michael Connarty	17/11/1994	Falkirk East		Signed
Eric Clarke	17/11/1994	Midlothian		Signed
Winston Churchill	17/11/1994	Davyhulme		Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	17/11/1994	Edinburgh Leith		Signed
Matthew Carrington	17/11/1994	Fulham		Signed
Keith Bradley	17/11/1994	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/11/1994	Knowsley South		Signed
Norman Godman	17/11/1994	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Tommy Graham	17/11/1994	Renfrew West and Inverclyde		Signed
Diane Abbott	17/11/1994	Hackney North & Stoke Newington		Signed
Mike Watson	17/11/1994	Glasgow Central		Signed
Paul Tyler	17/11/1994	North Cornwall		Signed
John Townend	17/11/1994	Bridlington		Signed
Jack Thompson	17/11/1994	Wansbeck		Signed
David Sumberg	17/11/1994	Bury South		Signed
Michael Stephen	17/11/1994	Shoreham		Signed
David Steel	17/11/1994	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Signed
Roy Beggs	17/11/1994	East Antrim		Signed
Hugh Bayley	17/11/1994	York, City of		Signed
Harry Barnes	17/11/1994	North East Derbyshire		Signed
Tony Banks	17/11/1994	Newham North West		Signed
Janet Anderson	17/11/1994	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Mike Hall	17/11/1994	Warrington South		Signed
Win Griffiths	17/11/1994	Bridgend		Signed
James Wray	17/11/1994	Glasgow Provan		Signed
David Hanson	17/11/1994	Delyn		Signed
Jimmy Hood	17/11/1994	Clydesdale		Signed
Terence Higgins	17/11/1994	Worthing		Signed
Robert Hicks	17/11/1994	South East Cornwall		Signed
Peter Hardy	17/11/1994	Wentworth		Signed
Clive Soley	17/11/1994	Hammersmith		Signed
Martin Smyth	17/11/1994	Belfast South		Signed
Dennis Skinner	17/11/1994	Bolsover		Signed
Alan Simpson	17/11/1994	Nottingham South		Signed
Clare Short	17/11/1994	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Bridget Prentice	17/11/1994	Lewisham East		Signed
Tom Pendry	17/11/1994	Stalybridge & Hyde		Signed
Robert Parry	17/11/1994	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Colin Pickthall	17/11/1994	West Lancashire		Signed
Max Madden	17/11/1994	Bradford West		Signed
Kevin Hughes	17/11/1994	Doncaster North		Signed
Robert Hughes	17/11/1994	Aberdeen North		Signed
Roy Hughes	17/11/1994	Newport East		Signed
Andrew Miller	17/11/1994	Ellesmere Port & Neston		Signed
Bill Michie	17/11/1994	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Alan Meale	17/11/1994	Mansfield		Signed
Jim Marshall	17/11/1994	Leicester South		Signed
Diana Maddock	17/11/1994	Christchurch		Signed
Denis MacShane	17/11/1994	Rotherham		Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	17/11/1994	Thurrock		Signed
Liz Lynne	17/11/1994	Rochdale		Signed
Terry Lewis	17/11/1994	Worsley		Signed
David Knox	17/11/1994	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Charles Kennedy	17/11/1994	Ross and Cromarty and Skye		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	17/11/1994	Ynys M		Signed
Barry Jones	17/11/1994	Alyn & Deeside		Signed
Russell Johnston	17/11/1994	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Andrew Hunter	17/11/1994	Basingstoke		Signed
Neil Gerrard	18/11/1994	Walthamstow		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	18/11/1994	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Peter Pike	18/11/1994	Burnley		Signed
Andrew Welsh	21/11/1994	Angus East		Signed
Dennis Turner	21/11/1994	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
John Fraser	21/11/1994	Norwood		Signed
Terry Davis	21/11/1994	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Tom Cox	21/11/1994	Tooting		Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/11/1994	Fife North East		Signed
Doug Henderson	21/11/1994	Newcastle upon Tyne North		Signed
Don Foster	22/11/1994	Bath		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	22/11/1994	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Ian Davidson	22/11/1994	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Michael Lord	22/11/1994	Suffolk Central		Signed
John Home Robertson	22/11/1994	East Lothian		Signed
Jim Wallace	23/11/1994	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Keith Vaz	23/11/1994	Leicester East		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	23/11/1994	Durham, City of		Signed
Clive Betts	23/11/1994	Sheffield, Attercliffe		Signed
Bob Dunn	23/11/1994	Dartford		Signed
Bryan Davies	23/11/1994	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Harry Cohen	23/11/1994	Leyton		Signed
Rhodes Boyson	23/11/1994	Brent North		Signed
Ken Livingstone	23/11/1994	Brent East		Signed
Kim Howells	23/11/1994	Pontypridd		Signed
William Powell	23/11/1994	Corby		Signed
David Trimble	24/11/1994	Upper Bann		Signed
Harry Greenway	24/11/1994	Ealing North		Signed
Jamie Cann	24/11/1994	Ipswich		Signed
Ian Paisley	24/11/1994	North Antrim		Signed
David Mitchell	24/11/1994	North West Hampshire		Signed
David Chidgey	25/11/1994	Eastleigh		Signed
Bill Olner	28/11/1994	Nuneaton		Signed
Barry Sheerman	29/11/1994	Huddersfield		Signed
John Heppell	29/11/1994	Nottingham East		Signed
Michael Clapham	29/11/1994	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Donald Anderson	29/11/1994	Swansea East		Signed
Nick Ainger	30/11/1994	Pembroke		Signed
Greg Pope	30/11/1994	Hyndburn		Signed
William McCrea	30/11/1994	Mid Ulster		Signed
Nick Harvey	01/12/1994	North Devon		Signed
Audrey Wise	01/12/1994	Preston		Signed
Denzil Davies	05/12/1994	Llanelli		Signed
Eric Illsley	06/12/1994	Barnsley Central		Signed
Joe Benton	07/12/1994	Bootle		Signed
Toby Jessel	13/12/1994	Twickenham		Signed
Martyn Jones	13/12/1994	Clwyd South West		Signed
Alan Beith	14/12/1994	Berwick-upon-Tweed		Signed
Paul Channon	19/12/1994	Southend West		Signed
Archy Kirkwood	11/01/1995	Roxburgh & Berwickshire		Signed
Michael Colvin	12/01/1995	Romsey and Waterside		Signed
David Atkinson	17/01/1995	Bournemouth East		Signed
Geoff Hoon	19/01/1995	Ashfield		Signed
Jim Cunningham	26/01/1995	Coventry South East		Signed
Roland Boyes	02/02/1995	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Mike Gapes	06/02/1995	Ilford South		Signed
George Galloway	09/02/1995	Glasgow Hillhead		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	16/02/1995	Workington		Signed
Eddie Loyden	Unknown			Withdrawn
Bill Etherington	Unknown			Withdrawn
Allan Rogers	Unknown			Withdrawn
James Kilfedder	Unknown			Withdrawn
Anne Campbell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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