Spina Bifida

EDM number 359 in 1997-98, proposed by Christine Russell on 28/10/1997.

That this House notes that the UK has a high incidence of spina bifida pregnancies, and urges Her Majesty's Government to follow the example of the United States in legislating to require the fortification of flour with folic acid, a safe and cheaply available vitamin which can prevent 75 per cent of spina bifida pregnancies, that the important research on this subject was completed in 1991 by the UK's Medical Research Council, and that measures should now be taken here to fortify flour in the interests of less privileged members of society, in preventing severe disability and the need for many elective terminations of pregnancy which are distressing for the parents and expensive for the NHS.

This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Christine Russell	28/10/1997	Chester, City of	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	28/10/1997	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Hazel Blears	28/10/1997	Salford	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	28/10/1997	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	28/10/1997	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	28/10/1997	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	28/10/1997	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	29/10/1997	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	29/10/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	29/10/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	29/10/1997	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	29/10/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	29/10/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	29/10/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Derek Wyatt	30/10/1997	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	30/10/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	30/10/1997	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	30/10/1997	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	30/10/1997	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	03/11/1997	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	03/11/1997	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	04/11/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	04/11/1997	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	04/11/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roy Beggs	05/11/1997	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Paul Burstow	05/11/1997	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/11/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	05/11/1997	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	06/11/1997	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/11/1997	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	06/11/1997	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	07/11/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	10/11/1997	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Dennis Skinner	14/11/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	17/11/1997	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	17/11/1997	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	17/11/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	19/11/1997	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Ruth Kelly	19/11/1997	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	20/11/1997	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	21/11/1997	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	24/11/1997	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	24/11/1997	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/11/1997	Burton	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	24/11/1997	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	24/11/1997	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	24/11/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	24/11/1997	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Winterton	25/11/1997	Doncaster Central	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	25/11/1997	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Wilkinson	25/11/1997	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Paul Tyler	25/11/1997	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	25/11/1997	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	25/11/1997	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joe Ashton	25/11/1997	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	25/11/1997	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	25/11/1997	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	25/11/1997	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	25/11/1997	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	25/11/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	26/11/1997	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harold Best	26/11/1997	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	26/11/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gunnell	26/11/1997	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	26/11/1997	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	26/11/1997	Putney	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	26/11/1997	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	26/11/1997	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	26/11/1997	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	26/11/1997	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	27/11/1997	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Graham Stringer	27/11/1997	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
John Swinney	27/11/1997	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/11/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/11/1997	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Paisley	27/11/1997	North Antrim	DUP	Signed
Diana Organ	27/11/1997	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	27/11/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	27/11/1997	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	27/11/1997	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	28/11/1997	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	28/11/1997	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	28/11/1997	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	28/11/1997	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
William Ross	28/11/1997	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Phil Willis	01/12/1997	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	01/12/1997	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	01/12/1997	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Martin Salter	02/12/1997	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	02/12/1997	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	02/12/1997	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	02/12/1997	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	02/12/1997	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Jane Griffiths	02/12/1997	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	03/12/1997	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Martin Caton	03/12/1997	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andy King	03/12/1997	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	08/12/1997	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
David Amess	08/12/1997	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Martin O'Neill	09/12/1997	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	09/12/1997	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	10/12/1997	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/12/1997	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	11/12/1997	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Julia Drown	12/12/1997	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	15/12/1997	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Ken Maginnis	17/12/1997	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	22/12/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	12/01/1998	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	12/01/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/01/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	15/01/1998	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	19/01/1998	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	21/01/1998	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Calum Macdonald	Unknown			Withdrawn
Alan Meale	Unknown			Withdrawn
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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