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International Day Of The Midwife

EDM number 1230 in 1997-98, proposed by Julia Drown on 21/04/1998.

That this House notes that International Day of the Midwife falls on 5 May, when midwives throughout the United Kingdom will be taking part in activities to highlight the skills and commitment of the midwifery profession and to promote Safe Motherhood in the United Kingdom and throughout the world; notes that members of the Royal College of Midwives have raised ú140,000 over the past five years through local and national fundraising for international projects providing better health education in local communities and greater access to midwifery care in Ghana, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Tanzania, Botswana and Indonesia; and urges honourable Members to support local RCM branches in their constituencies in their promotional and fund-raising activities on International Day of the Midwife.

This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Julia Drown21/04/1998South SwindonLabourProposed
Ernie Ross22/04/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Bob Russell22/04/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders22/04/1998TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones22/04/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Richard Livsey22/04/1998Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Chisholm22/04/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn22/04/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
Valerie Davey22/04/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable23/04/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing23/04/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard23/04/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin23/04/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar23/04/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Martin Smyth23/04/1998Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Paul Keetch24/04/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton24/04/1998GowerLabourSigned
Harry Barnes24/04/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Ann Cryer27/04/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton27/04/1998MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Harry Cohen27/04/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Peter Bradley27/04/1998Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Barry Jones27/04/1998Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Helen Southworth27/04/1998Warrington SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins27/04/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt27/04/1998CrawleyLabourSigned
Margaret Ewing28/04/1998MorayScottish National PartySigned
Audrey Wise28/04/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Howard Stoate28/04/1998DartfordLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe28/04/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Charlotte Atkins28/04/1998Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
Paul Flynn28/04/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn28/04/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew28/04/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Cunningham28/04/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe28/04/1998LeighLabourSigned
Tom Brake28/04/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Fraser Kemp28/04/1998Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson28/04/1998HarwichLabourSigned
Evan Harris28/04/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jacqui Smith28/04/1998RedditchLabourSigned
Alan Simpson28/04/1998Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mike Hancock29/04/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh29/04/1998Bradford WestLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin29/04/1998Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Edward Davey29/04/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Roseanna Cunningham29/04/1998PerthScottish National PartySigned
Tom Cox29/04/1998TootingLabourSigned
Eric Clarke29/04/1998MidlothianLabourSigned
Andy King29/04/1998Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd29/04/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Debra Shipley29/04/1998StourbridgeLabourSigned
Lindsay Hoyle29/04/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Eric Illsley29/04/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Sally Keeble29/04/1998Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Ann Keen29/04/1998Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Sylvia Heal30/04/1998Halesowen & Rowley RegisLabourSigned
Jenny Jones30/04/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Andrew Lansley30/04/1998South CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Bill Michie30/04/1998Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Janet Dean30/04/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Bill Etherington30/04/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge30/04/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell30/04/1998PudseyLabourSigned
Jim Wallace30/04/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Williams30/04/1998Swansea WestLabourSigned
Alice Mahon05/05/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
David Amess07/05/1998Southend WestConservativeSigned
Teddy Taylor07/05/1998Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Brian H Donohoe11/05/1998Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Phil Willis11/05/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Ben Bradshaw12/05/1998ExeterLabourSigned
Huw Edwards12/05/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Desmond Turner13/05/1998Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Paul Marsden20/05/1998Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Walley21/05/1998Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard01/06/1998St AlbansLabourSigned
Ray Michie01/06/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones02/06/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty02/06/1998Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Oliver Letwin03/06/1998West DorsetConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis11/06/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
John McDonnell18/06/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone16/07/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Andrew George27/07/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned

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