Retail Price Maintenance On Over The Counter Medicines

EDM number 643 in 1997-98, proposed by Howard Stoate on 14/01/1998.

That this House expresses its concern at the decision of the Office of Fair Trading to commence legal proceedings to end retail price maintenance (RPM) on over the counter (OTC) medicines at a time when the Government is already seeking to review this agreement in the Competition Bill [Lords] currently being considered by the House of Lords; deplores the actions taken by a supermarket chain to attempt to break the present agreement and end protection for independent community pharmacies; further notes that the loss of RPM on OTC medicines could lead to the closure of many independent community pharmacies, an outcome which would seriously undermine the Government's health strategy and increase the burden on GPs; and calls on the Government to ensure that a nation-wide network of community pharmacies remains in place to serve the needs of all the community, in particular the elderly, the infirm and mothers with young children.

This motion has been signed by a total of 193 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Howard Stoate	14/01/1998	Dartford	Labour	Proposed
Derek Wyatt	14/01/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	14/01/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	14/01/1998	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
John Gunnell	14/01/1998	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	14/01/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Clive Efford	14/01/1998	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	14/01/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	14/01/1998	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	14/01/1998	Dover	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	14/01/1998	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	14/01/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Paul Clark	14/01/1998	Gillingham	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	15/01/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	15/01/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	15/01/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	15/01/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ivor Caplin	15/01/1998	Hove	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	15/01/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	15/01/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/01/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	15/01/1998	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Peter Pike	15/01/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/01/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Phil Woolas	19/01/1998	Oldham East & Saddleworth	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	19/01/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	19/01/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	19/01/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/01/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	19/01/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Marek	19/01/1998	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	19/01/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	19/01/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Debra Shipley	19/01/1998	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	20/01/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	20/01/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	20/01/1998	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	20/01/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	20/01/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	20/01/1998	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	20/01/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	21/01/1998	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Bob Blizzard	21/01/1998	Waveney	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	21/01/1998	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	21/01/1998	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	21/01/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	21/01/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	21/01/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	21/01/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Gisela Stuart	22/01/1998	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Dominic Grieve	22/01/1998	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Donald Gorrie	22/01/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	22/01/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/01/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	22/01/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	22/01/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
John Austin	23/01/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	23/01/1998	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	26/01/1998	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	26/01/1998	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	26/01/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	26/01/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	26/01/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	26/01/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hesford	27/01/1998	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	27/01/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
William Ross	27/01/1998	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
Bill Michie	28/01/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	28/01/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	29/01/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	29/01/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ann Clwyd	29/01/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Andy King	29/01/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	30/01/1998	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Chris Pond	30/01/1998	Gravesham	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	30/01/1998	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Cohen	02/02/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/02/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	03/02/1998	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	03/02/1998	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	03/02/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Jim Marshall	04/02/1998	Leicester South	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	04/02/1998	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	05/02/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	05/02/1998	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	05/02/1998	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	05/02/1998	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	05/02/1998	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	05/02/1998	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Lepper	05/02/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Keen	05/02/1998	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	06/02/1998	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	09/02/1998	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	10/02/1998	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/02/1998	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	10/02/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Ivan Henderson	10/02/1998	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	11/02/1998	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Diana Organ	11/02/1998	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	12/02/1998	Medway	Labour	Signed
David Drew	12/02/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gareth Thomas	13/02/1998	Clwyd West	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	16/02/1998	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	17/02/1998	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	18/02/1998	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/02/1998	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/02/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	19/02/1998	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/02/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	19/02/1998	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	23/02/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	23/02/1998	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	24/02/1998	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Goggins	24/02/1998	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	24/02/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	25/02/1998	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Linda Gilroy	25/02/1998	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	25/02/1998	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Phil Hope	25/02/1998	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Joe Benton	26/02/1998	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	26/02/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	26/02/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Vernon Coaker	26/02/1998	Gedling	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	26/02/1998	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	26/02/1998	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	26/02/1998	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	27/02/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	27/02/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	02/03/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	02/03/1998	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	02/03/1998	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	02/03/1998	Ayr	Labour	Signed
Chris Mullin	02/03/1998	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	02/03/1998	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	03/03/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Peter Snape	03/03/1998	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	04/03/1998	Romford	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	04/03/1998	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	04/03/1998	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	05/03/1998	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	05/03/1998	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martyn Jones	05/03/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	05/03/1998	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	05/03/1998	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	05/03/1998	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	06/03/1998	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Brian White	09/03/1998	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Rosie Winterton	09/03/1998	Doncaster Central	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	10/03/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/03/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Twigg	12/03/1998	Enfield, Southgate	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	16/03/1998	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	18/03/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	20/03/1998	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	26/03/1998	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Wray	27/03/1998	Glasgow, Baillieston	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	31/03/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Perham	01/04/1998	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	01/04/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christine Russell	02/04/1998	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	06/04/1998	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	07/04/1998	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	07/04/1998	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	08/04/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Cecil Walker	08/04/1998	Belfast North	UUP	Signed
Colin Breed	20/04/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Robinson	20/04/1998	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Humfrey Malins	21/04/1998	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Margaret Ewing	21/04/1998	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Chidgey	22/04/1998	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/04/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	23/04/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	27/04/1998	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	28/04/1998	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	29/04/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	30/04/1998	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John D Taylor	07/05/1998	Strangford	UUP	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/05/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
David Trimble	11/05/1998	Upper Bann	UUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	11/05/1998	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Clifford Forsythe	11/05/1998	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Ken Maginnis	11/05/1998	Fermanagh & South Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	20/05/1998	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	20/05/1998	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rhodri Morgan	05/06/1998	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	09/06/1998	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bruce George	23/07/1998	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/07/1998	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Gillian Merron	02/09/1998	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn
Kate Hoey	Unknown			Withdrawn

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