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Patenting Of Life

EDM number 904 in 1994-95, proposed by Elliot Morley on 27/03/1995.

That this House notes that on 1st March the European Parliament voted to reject the draft directive on The Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions at its third and final reading; congratulates the European Parliament on the stand it has taken on the patenting of life; urges the European Commission to reassess its policy on biotechnology and genetic engineering to ensure proper respect for human life, animal life and the integrity of the natural environment; and calls on the European Patent Office to take note of the significance of the decision made by the European Parliament when granting patents on life.

This motion has been signed by a total of 102 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Elliot Morley27/03/1995Glanford and ScunthorpeProposed
Liz Lynne27/03/1995RochdaleSigned
Andrew Bowden27/03/1995Brighton, KemptownSigned
Colin Pickthall28/03/1995West LancashireSigned
Ernie Ross28/03/1995Dundee WestSigned
Peter Hardy28/03/1995WentworthSigned
John McAllion28/03/1995Dundee EastSigned
William McKelvey28/03/1995Kilmarnock & LoudounSigned
Jim Dowd28/03/1995Lewisham WestSigned
Paddy Tipping28/03/1995SherwoodSigned
Robert Parry29/03/1995Liverpool, RiversideSigned
Joan Ruddock29/03/1995Lewisham, DeptfordSigned
Bill Michie29/03/1995Sheffield, HeeleySigned
Lawrence Cunliffe29/03/1995LeighSigned
Jimmy Dunnachie29/03/1995Glasgow, PollokSigned
Mike Hall29/03/1995Warrington SouthSigned
Jack Thompson29/03/1995WansbeckSigned
Nick Harvey30/03/1995North DevonSigned
Alan Wynne Williams30/03/1995CarmarthenSigned
Dennis Skinner31/03/1995BolsoverSigned
Harry Barnes31/03/1995North East DerbyshireSigned
Clive Soley03/04/1995HammersmithSigned
Malcolm Bruce03/04/1995GordonSigned
David Alton03/04/1995Liverpool Mossley HillSigned
Gerry Bermingham03/04/1995St Helens SouthSigned
Ken Livingstone04/04/1995Brent EastSigned
Alan Meale04/04/1995MansfieldSigned
Paul Murphy04/04/1995TorfaenSigned
Eric Clarke04/04/1995MidlothianSigned
Harry Greenway04/04/1995Ealing NorthSigned
Peter Griffiths04/04/1995Portsmouth NorthSigned
Vivian Bendall04/04/1995Ilford NorthSigned
Win Griffiths05/04/1995BridgendSigned
Jeff Rooker18/04/1995Birmingham, Perry BarrSigned
Peter Snape18/04/1995West Bromwich EastSigned
Adam Ingram18/04/1995East KilbrideSigned
Martyn Jones18/04/1995Clwyd South WestSigned
Harry Cohen18/04/1995LeytonSigned
Janet Anderson18/04/1995Rossendale & DarwenSigned
John Heppell19/04/1995Nottingham EastSigned
Audrey Wise19/04/1995PrestonSigned
Mike Watson20/04/1995Glasgow CentralSigned
Brian Sedgemore24/04/1995Hackney South & ShoreditchSigned
Kevin Hughes24/04/1995Doncaster NorthSigned
Barry Jones24/04/1995Alyn & DeesideSigned
Piara S Khabra24/04/1995Ealing, SouthallSigned
Richard Caborn25/04/1995Sheffield CentralSigned
Andrew Faulds25/04/1995Warley EastSigned
Peter Hain25/04/1995NeathSigned
Gerry Sutcliffe25/04/1995Bradford SouthSigned
Matthew Taylor25/04/1995TruroSigned
Joyce Quin26/04/1995Gateshead EastSigned
Doug Hoyle26/04/1995Warrington NorthSigned
Keith Bradley27/04/1995Manchester, WithingtonSigned
Alex Carlile27/04/1995MontgomerySigned
Don Foster27/04/1995BathSigned
Nick Ainger27/04/1995PembrokeSigned
Roland Boyes28/04/1995Houghton and WashingtonSigned
Peter Fry01/05/1995WellingboroughSigned
Gerry Steinberg01/05/1995Durham, City ofSigned
Chris Mullin02/05/1995Sunderland SouthSigned
Sam Galbraith02/05/1995Strathkelvin & BearsdenSigned
Martin O'Neill03/05/1995ClackmannanSigned
Norman Godman03/05/1995Greenock and Port GlasgowSigned
Tony Benn03/05/1995ChesterfieldSigned
Martin Smyth04/05/1995Belfast SouthSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/05/1995Meirionnydd Nant ConwySigned
Max Madden10/05/1995Bradford WestSigned
Ray Michie11/05/1995Argyll & ButeSigned
Jim Cunningham15/05/1995Coventry South EastSigned
Bill Olner16/05/1995NuneatonSigned
John Denham16/05/1995Southampton, ItchenSigned
David Atkinson17/05/1995Bournemouth EastSigned
Peter Pike18/05/1995BurnleySigned
James Pawsey18/05/1995Rugby & KenilworthSigned
James Spicer18/05/1995West DorsetSigned
Ian Paisley22/05/1995North AntrimSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones23/05/1995Ynys MSigned
Bill Etherington25/05/1995Sunderland NorthSigned
Phil Gallie31/05/1995AyrSigned
Ralph Howell20/06/1995North NorfolkSigned
Michael Mates21/06/1995East HampshireSigned
David Chidgey22/06/1995EastleighSigned
David Mitchell26/06/1995North West HampshireSigned
Michael Lord27/06/1995Suffolk CentralSigned
Tommy Graham29/06/1995Renfrew West and InverclydeSigned
Alan Beith03/07/1995Berwick-upon-TweedSigned
Malcolm Chisholm06/07/1995Edinburgh LeithSigned
Peter Robinson10/07/1995Belfast EastSigned
Peter Mandelson10/07/1995HartlepoolSigned
Kim Howells11/07/1995PontypriddSigned
Alan Simpson13/07/1995Nottingham SouthSigned
Bill Cash19/07/1995StaffordSigned
Doug Henderson16/10/1995Newcastle upon Tyne NorthSigned
Stephen Timms16/10/1995Newham North EastSigned
George Walden16/10/1995BuckinghamSigned
Rachel Squire17/10/1995Dunfermline WestSigned
Robert McCartney18/10/1995North DownSigned
Austin Mitchell18/10/1995Great GrimsbySigned
Gerald Kaufman20/10/1995Manchester, GortonSigned
Nigel Jones25/10/1995CheltenhamSigned
Allan Rogers06/11/1995RhonddaSigned

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