Testing New-Born Babies For Deafness

EDM number 118 in 2000-01, proposed by Claire Curtis-Thomas on 18/12/2000.

That this House notes the recent MORI findings showing overwhelming public demand for testing newborn babies for deafness; notes with concern that out of the 840 children born deaf in the United Kingdom every year, the current health visitor distraction test will miss 400 by 18 months of age and 200 by 42 months of age, with serious implications for a child's language and educational development and long-term life chances; understands that, despite the existence of the necessary technology, the cost effectiveness of neo-natal testing and the desire of over 85 per cent. of parents across the United Kingdom to know within days of its birth whether their child is deaf, at present most babies are not diagnosed until after their first birthday; welcomes Her Majesty's Government's decision to introduce neonatal hearing screening to 20 National Health Service sites in England over the next seven months; calls on Her Majesty's Government to respond positively to the MORI findings by reassuring parents and organisations of deaf and hard of hearing people of its commitment to a national roll-out of the screening of new-born babies for deafness; and further calls on Her Majesty's; Government to confirm without delay a timetable of roll-out to enable National Health Service commissioners and providers to plan with confidence and help ensure a joined-up approach to the development of screening procedures, paediatric audiology services and the ongoing information and support services provided to families of deaf babies by local education authorities.

This motion has been signed by a total of 212 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Claire Curtis-Thomas	18/12/2000	Crosby	Labour	Proposed
Dafydd Wigley	18/12/2000	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Paul Burstow	18/12/2000	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	18/12/2000	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Ladyman	18/12/2000	South Thanet	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	18/12/2000	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Martin Smyth	18/12/2000	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Edward Davey	19/12/2000	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	19/12/2000	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	19/12/2000	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	19/12/2000	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	19/12/2000	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Sandra Gidley	19/12/2000	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Barnes	19/12/2000	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/12/2000	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Betty Williams	19/12/2000	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Peter Brand	19/12/2000	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	19/12/2000	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Sedgemore	19/12/2000	Hackney South & Shoreditch	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/12/2000	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	19/12/2000	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	19/12/2000	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Johnson Smith	19/12/2000	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Jones	19/12/2000	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oona King	19/12/2000	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	19/12/2000	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin McNamara	19/12/2000	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/12/2000	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Win Griffiths	20/12/2000	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	20/12/2000	Romford	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	20/12/2000	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	20/12/2000	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	20/12/2000	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	20/12/2000	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	20/12/2000	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	20/12/2000	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	20/12/2000	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Hilary Benn	20/12/2000	Leeds Central	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	20/12/2000	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	20/12/2000	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	20/12/2000	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Alan Williams	20/12/2000	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Paul Tyler	20/12/2000	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Turner	20/12/2000	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	20/12/2000	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	20/12/2000	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	20/12/2000	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	20/12/2000	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/12/2000	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/12/2000	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	20/12/2000	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	20/12/2000	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Lepper	20/12/2000	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ashok Kumar	20/12/2000	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	20/12/2000	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	20/12/2000	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	20/12/2000	Dover	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	20/12/2000	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	20/12/2000	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Bill O'Brien	20/12/2000	Normanton	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	20/12/2000	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	20/12/2000	Upminster	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	20/12/2000	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	20/12/2000	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	20/12/2000	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
David Clark	20/12/2000	South Shields	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/12/2000	Gower	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	20/12/2000	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	21/12/2000	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	21/12/2000	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Amess	21/12/2000	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Donald Anderson	21/12/2000	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	21/12/2000	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	21/12/2000	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	21/12/2000	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	21/12/2000	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/12/2000	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	21/12/2000	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
David Drew	21/12/2000	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/12/2000	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Foster	21/12/2000	Worcester	Labour	Signed
Christine Russell	21/12/2000	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Jonathan R Shaw	21/12/2000	Chatham & Aylesford	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	21/12/2000	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	21/12/2000	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	21/12/2000	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Jackie Lawrence	21/12/2000	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	21/12/2000	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	21/12/2000	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/01/2001	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ron Davies	08/01/2001	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	08/01/2001	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
John Gunnell	08/01/2001	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Nigel Beard	08/01/2001	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	08/01/2001	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	08/01/2001	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	08/01/2001	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	08/01/2001	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	08/01/2001	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Jamie Cann	08/01/2001	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	08/01/2001	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	08/01/2001	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	08/01/2001	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Harriet Harman	08/01/2001	Camberwell & Peckham	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	08/01/2001	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	08/01/2001	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Ken Livingstone	08/01/2001	Brent East	Independent	Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/01/2001	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	08/01/2001	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	08/01/2001	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	09/01/2001	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	09/01/2001	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Russell Brown	09/01/2001	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/01/2001	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Piara S Khabra	09/01/2001	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	09/01/2001	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	09/01/2001	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	10/01/2001	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/01/2001	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Tony Clarke	10/01/2001	Northampton South	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	10/01/2001	Elmet	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	10/01/2001	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/01/2001	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	10/01/2001	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Andy King	10/01/2001	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Jon Owen Jones	10/01/2001	Cardiff Central	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/01/2001	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	10/01/2001	Kettering	Labour	Signed
William Ross	10/01/2001	East Londonderry	UUP	Signed
William Thompson	11/01/2001	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
Roy Beggs	11/01/2001	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Joe Ashton	11/01/2001	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	11/01/2001	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	11/01/2001	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	15/01/2001	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Judith Church	15/01/2001	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	15/01/2001	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	16/01/2001	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dari Taylor	16/01/2001	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	17/01/2001	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/01/2001	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	18/01/2001	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	18/01/2001	Putney	Labour	Signed
Doug Henderson	22/01/2001	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Denzil Davies	22/01/2001	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	22/01/2001	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	22/01/2001	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	22/01/2001	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	23/01/2001	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony McWalter	23/01/2001	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward Leigh	23/01/2001	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
David Chaytor	24/01/2001	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Geraint Davies	25/01/2001	Croydon Central	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	29/01/2001	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tess Kingham	29/01/2001	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	30/01/2001	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jackie Ballard	30/01/2001	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	31/01/2001	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	01/02/2001	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	01/02/2001	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	01/02/2001	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	02/02/2001	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	05/02/2001	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	07/02/2001	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Marion Roe	08/02/2001	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/02/2001	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/2001	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Michael Fabricant	09/02/2001	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
John Townend	09/02/2001	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	12/02/2001	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Clark	12/02/2001	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
John Redwood	13/02/2001	Wokingham	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	13/02/2001	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	13/02/2001	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Howard	14/02/2001	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	14/02/2001	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	14/02/2001	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Julian Brazier	15/02/2001	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	15/02/2001	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Michael Spicer	15/02/2001	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Gillian Shephard	15/02/2001	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Prior	26/02/2001	North Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
David Tredinnick	26/02/2001	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Bowen Wells	26/02/2001	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Ian Taylor	05/03/2001	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Bill Tynan	07/03/2001	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	08/03/2001	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Teresa Gorman	13/03/2001	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
David Chidgey	15/03/2001	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Ruffley	19/03/2001	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Roger Berry	21/03/2001	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	21/03/2001	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	21/03/2001	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	22/03/2001	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	22/03/2001	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Joan Walley	22/03/2001	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	23/03/2001	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	26/03/2001	Glasgow, Kelvin	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	27/03/2001	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	27/03/2001	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	27/03/2001	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	28/03/2001	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	28/03/2001	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	29/03/2001	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Helen Southworth	02/04/2001	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	03/04/2001	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	03/04/2001	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	03/04/2001	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Lawrie Quinn	03/04/2001	Scarborough & Whitby	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	05/04/2001	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Tony Banks	05/04/2001	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	01/05/2001	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed

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