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Incidence Of Bowel Cancer

EDM number 916 in 1997-98, proposed by Robert Maclennan on 05/03/1998.

That this House notes with concern that cancer is now the number one killer disease in the UK and that bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death after lung cancer with some 18,000 deaths caused by it each year, that while it is rare in those aged under 40 years, age-specific rates rise continuously and steeply after the age of 50, that research indicates that while it is likely that genetic factors are involved in the development of bowel cancer the majority of cases occur sporadically and that lifestyle factors are likely to be highly significant, and that leading international experts agree that a diet rich in cereal fibre is protective against bowel cancer; congratulates the Cancer Research Campaign and Kellogg's on the joint initiative to raise awareness of the incidence of bowel cancer in this country and highlight the role a fibre-rich diet can play in helping to protect individuals simply and cost-effectively against this disease; and believing that prevention is better than cure, urges the Government to support this initiative and make the reduction of bowel cancer a priority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Robert Maclennan05/03/1998Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratProposed
Marion Roe05/03/1998BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Peter Brand05/03/1998Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Yvette Cooper05/03/1998Pontefract & CastlefordLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley05/03/1998CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Ken Livingstone06/03/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe06/03/1998LeighLabourSigned
Caroline Flint06/03/1998Don ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock06/03/1998Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes06/03/1998North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Bob Russell09/03/1998ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders09/03/1998TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones09/03/1998Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Ashok Kumar09/03/1998Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd09/03/1998Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Tom Brake09/03/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Gilroy09/03/1998Plymouth, SuttonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gareth Thomas09/03/1998Harrow WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing09/03/1998Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Paul Keetch10/03/1998HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Marsden10/03/1998Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
John McDonnell10/03/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Ray Michie10/03/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Oaten10/03/1998WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable10/03/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell10/03/1998Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Clapham10/03/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Valerie Davey10/03/1998Bristol WestLabourSigned
Clifford Forsythe10/03/1998South AntrimUUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins11/03/1998Luton NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/03/1998Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Brian Cotter11/03/1998Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Cox11/03/1998TootingLabourSigned
John Cummings11/03/1998EasingtonLabourSigned
Edward Davey11/03/1998Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Don Foster11/03/1998BathLiberal DemocratSigned
John Austin11/03/1998Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard11/03/1998TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge11/03/1998Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Wallace11/03/1998Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis11/03/1998Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew George12/03/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Gibson12/03/1998Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe12/03/1998WellingboroughLabourSigned
Don Touhig12/03/1998IslwynLabour Co-operativeSigned
Colin Breed13/03/1998South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn13/03/1998Islington NorthLabourSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody13/03/1998Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Mark Todd13/03/1998South DerbyshireLabourSigned
John Wilkinson13/03/1998Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Ernie Ross16/03/1998Dundee WestLabourSigned
Barry Jones16/03/1998Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Frank Cook16/03/1998Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Robin Corbett16/03/1998Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham16/03/1998Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/03/1998Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Borrow16/03/1998South RibbleLabourSigned
William Thompson16/03/1998West TyroneUUPSigned
Ann Winterton16/03/1998CongletonConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt16/03/1998Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Beverley Hughes17/03/1998Stretford & UrmstonLabourSigned
Michael Mates17/03/1998East HampshireConservativeSigned
Lembit 17/03/1998MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bradley17/03/1998Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn17/03/1998SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Bermingham17/03/1998St Helens SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell17/03/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Turner17/03/1998Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
Caroline Spelman18/03/1998MeridenConservativeSigned
Fraser Kemp18/03/1998Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Oliver Letwin18/03/1998West DorsetConservativeSigned
Ann Cryer18/03/1998KeighleyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn18/03/1998Newport WestLabourSigned
Llin Golding18/03/1998Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Eileen Gordon18/03/1998RomfordLabourSigned
Alan Beith18/03/1998Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle19/03/1998ChorleyLabourSigned
Graham Brady19/03/1998Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
David Drew19/03/1998StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Moore20/03/1998Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore20/03/1998HendonLabourSigned
John Randall23/03/1998UxbridgeConservativeSigned
John Hume23/03/1998FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Nigel Jones23/03/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Love23/03/1998EdmontonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Chidgey23/03/1998EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis23/03/1998Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Betty Williams23/03/1998ConwyLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg24/03/1998Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Eric Illsley25/03/1998Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Iddon26/03/1998Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Candy Atherton26/03/1998Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Martin Caton27/03/1998GowerLabourSigned
Chris Ruane30/03/1998Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Dale Campbell-Savours30/03/1998WorkingtonLabourSigned
Evan Harris31/03/1998Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McAllion31/03/1998Dundee EastLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell31/03/1998Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Judith Church01/04/1998DagenhamLabourSigned
Janet Dean01/04/1998BurtonLabourSigned
Ruth Kelly06/04/1998Bolton WestLabourSigned
Harry Cohen06/04/1998Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Michael Colvin06/04/1998RomseyConservativeSigned
David Rendel20/04/1998NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne20/04/1998AyrLabourSigned
David Lepper22/04/1998Brighton, PavilionLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Crausby23/04/1998Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie24/04/1998Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Ian Stewart24/04/1998EcclesLabourSigned
David Heath29/04/1998Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Pike05/05/1998BurnleyLabourSigned
Robert Smith05/05/1998West Aberdeenshire & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Drown12/05/1998South SwindonLabourSigned
Huw Edwards12/05/1998MonmouthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Martyn Jones21/05/1998Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Ivan Lewis16/06/1998Bury SouthLabourSigned
Richard Allan17/07/1998Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gisela Stuart19/10/1998Birmingham, EdgbastonLabourSigned
Joe Benton22/10/1998BootleLabourSigned
Ross CranstonUnknownWithdrawn
Roy BeggsUnknownWithdrawn

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