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Dietary Supplements

EDM number 106 in 1997-98, proposed by David Tredinnick on 11/06/1997.

That this House notes that millions of United Kingdom consumers regularly take vitamin, mineral and other dietary supplements either to promote their overall health and well-being, or to tackle specific nutritional difficulties; welcomes that contribution to public health and to reducing demands upon the National Health Service which such supplementation has made and reiterates its view that consumers should continue to have access to dietary supplements of their choice provided there is no safety risk; notes that such a safety-based approach remains the basis of British Government policy and believes that such access should be available to all consumers within the Single Market; notes the recent publication of a European Commission discussion document which could ultimately give rise to a new Draft Directive on dietary Supplements; fears that other member governments of the European Union may use that opportunity once again to argue for a ban on the sale of safe higher dose supplements currently available in the United Kingdom; and urges Her Majesty's Government and consumers of dietary supplements in other European countries to press now for a European Union-wide policy that supplements should be available to consumers provided there is no known safety risk.

This motion has been signed by a total of 66 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
David Tredinnick11/06/1997BosworthConservativeProposed
Martin Smyth12/06/1997Belfast SouthUUPSigned
John Austin12/06/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell12/06/1997Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Turner12/06/1997Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton12/06/1997MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Audrey Wise12/06/1997PrestonLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone16/06/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Colin Breed16/06/1997South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Illsley17/06/1997Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Cotter17/06/1997Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
John Gunnell17/06/1997Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Harry Barnes17/06/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Burstow18/06/1997Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Roseanna Cunningham18/06/1997PerthScottish National PartySigned
Jean Corston18/06/1997Bristol EastLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar18/06/1997Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
David Hinchliffe18/06/1997WakefieldLabourSigned
Bill Etherington19/06/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/06/1997CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Winterton26/06/1997CongletonConservativeSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones27/06/1997Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
John Wilkinson27/06/1997Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Bruce George30/06/1997Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor30/06/1997Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Gill01/07/1997LudlowConservativeSigned
Norman Baker01/07/1997LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley01/07/1997Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Alan Beith02/07/1997Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Teddy Taylor02/07/1997Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
David Atkinson02/07/1997Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Bill Olner02/07/1997NuneatonLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell02/07/1997Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
William Ross02/07/1997East LondonderryUUPSigned
Bill Michie02/07/1997Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Charles Kennedy03/07/1997Ross, Skye & Inverness WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock03/07/1997Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Paddy Tipping03/07/1997SherwoodLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham07/07/1997Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg07/07/1997Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Diane Abbott08/07/1997Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Brian Iddon10/07/1997Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Michael Colvin10/07/1997RomseyConservativeSigned
Dennis Skinner14/07/1997BolsoverLabourSigned
Syd Rapson15/07/1997Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Oona King15/07/1997Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Oliver Letwin15/07/1997West DorsetConservativeSigned
Margaret Ewing15/07/1997MorayScottish National PartySigned
Robert Jackson16/07/1997WantageConservativeSigned
Michael Clapham16/07/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd17/07/1997Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Mark Oaten17/07/1997WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Fiona Mactaggart21/07/1997SloughLabourSigned
Julian Brazier21/07/1997CanterburyConservativeSigned
Jim Dobbin21/07/1997Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Rendel22/07/1997NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Edward Davey22/07/1997Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor23/07/1997North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Colman24/07/1997PutneyLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton28/07/1997Leeds North EastLabourSigned
Graham Brady29/07/1997Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Dafydd Wigley29/07/1997CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Nick Harvey31/07/1997North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge27/10/1997Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
John Townend27/10/1997East YorkshireConservativeSigned
Peter Luff29/10/1997Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned

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