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Water Fluoridation

EDM number 247 in 2002-03, proposed by Andy Burnham on 02/12/2002.

That this House notes with concern the strong association between child poverty and severe tooth decay; further notes the wide variations in children's dental health across the country, where in Greater Manchester, over 62 per cent. of 5-year-olds have at least one decayed tooth and 13 per cent. have had teeth extracted, many under general anaesthetic and in Birmingham, by comparison, just 31 per cent. of 5-year-olds have tooth decay and 4 per cent. teeth extracted; believes these differences are explained by the fact that water supplies in Birmingham have been fluoridated since 1964; notes that, despite the health benefits, only 10 per cent. of the United Kingdom population receives a fluoridated water supply; is concerned that over 60 health authorities have undertaken statutory consultations on fluoridation as required by existing legislation and found public support but had requests for fluoridation turned down by water companies; is encouraged by recent reports from the Medical Research Council and Audit Commission underlining the importance of water fluoridation in reducing health inequalities; and calls on the Government to give communities the power to choose water fluoridation by allowing an amendment to the Water Bill and obliging water companies to fluoridate supplies where clear majority want it.

This motion has been signed by a total of 149 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Andy Burnham02/12/2002LeighLabourProposed
Patsy Calton02/12/2002CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Dobson02/12/2002Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Ian Gibson02/12/2002Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Kevin Barron02/12/2002Rother ValleyLabourSigned
Richard Taylor02/12/2002Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Nigel Beard03/12/2002Bexleyheath & CrayfordLabourSigned
Hugh Bayley03/12/2002York, City ofLabourSigned
Win Griffiths03/12/2002BridgendLabourSigned
Kevin Brennan03/12/2002Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Syd Rapson03/12/2002Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Nick Palmer03/12/2002BroxtoweLabourSigned
Julia Drown04/12/2002South SwindonLabourSigned
Janet Dean04/12/2002BurtonLabourSigned
Vincent Cable04/12/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Keith Bradley04/12/2002Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Bob Spink04/12/2002Castle PointConservativeSigned
John Wilkinson05/12/2002Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate05/12/2002DartfordLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey05/12/2002West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Gapes05/12/2002Ilford SouthLabour Co-operativeSigned
Michael Fabricant05/12/2002LichfieldConservativeSigned
Gwyneth Dunwoody05/12/2002Crewe & NantwichLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/12/2002Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Terry Davis05/12/2002Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Diana Organ05/12/2002Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Rob Marris05/12/2002Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Eric Illsley05/12/2002Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Lady Hermon05/12/2002North DownUUPSigned
Si05/12/2002Birmingham, ErdingtonLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell09/12/2002Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Stringer09/12/2002Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Jane Griffiths09/12/2002Reading EastLabourSigned
Colin Pickthall09/12/2002West LancashireLabourSigned
Richard Burden10/12/2002Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Kenneth Clarke10/12/2002RushcliffeConservativeSigned
Paul Flynn10/12/2002Newport WestLabourSigned
Robert Wareing11/12/2002Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Ian Davidson11/12/2002Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Cryer11/12/2002KeighleyLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd11/12/2002Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith11/12/2002Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Brian Iddon12/12/2002Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt12/12/2002CrawleyLabourSigned
Harold Best12/12/2002Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe16/12/2002Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
James Purnell16/12/2002Stalybridge & HydeLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge17/12/2002Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Berry17/12/2002KingswoodLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis17/12/2002Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell17/12/2002Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra17/12/2002Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Tom Harris17/12/2002Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
Brian Jenkins18/12/2002TamworthLabourSigned
David Taylor19/12/2002North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd07/01/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Valerie Davey07/01/2003Bristol WestLabourSigned
Hilton Dawson09/01/2003Lancaster & WyreLabourSigned
John Mann09/01/2003BassetlawLabourSigned
David Amess13/01/2003Southend WestConservativeSigned
Phil Sawford15/01/2003KetteringLabourSigned
Alan Whitehead15/01/2003Southampton, TestLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman16/01/2003HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Norman Lamb22/01/2003North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell28/01/2003Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Jim Dowd31/01/2003Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Angela Eagle04/02/2003WallaseyLabourSigned
Ernie Ross06/02/2003Dundee WestLabourSigned
Chris Smith07/02/2003Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
Bill Olner11/02/2003NuneatonLabourSigned
Ross Cranston11/02/2003Dudley NorthLabourSigned
David Atkinson11/02/2003Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Gisela Stuart11/02/2003Birmingham, EdgbastonLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt12/02/2003Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Robert Walter12/02/2003North DorsetConservativeSigned
Christine Russell13/02/2003Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Tony Wright13/02/2003Cannock ChaseLabourSigned
Chris Mole24/02/2003IpswichLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman24/02/2003Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Mark Fisher24/02/2003Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Bruce George24/02/2003Walsall SouthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff24/02/2003Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Desmond Turner24/02/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Tony McWalter24/02/2003Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews24/02/2003MedwayLabourSigned
Khalid Mahmood24/02/2003Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Gwyn Prosser24/02/2003DoverLabourSigned
Marsha Singh24/02/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Kevan Jones24/02/2003North DurhamLabourSigned
Lynne Jones24/02/2003Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gerald Kaufman24/02/2003Manchester, GortonLabourSigned
Alan Keen24/02/2003Feltham & HestonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tom Watson25/02/2003West Bromwich EastLabourSigned
Roger Williams26/02/2003Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Barbara Follett26/02/2003StevenageLabourSigned
Frank Field26/02/2003BirkenheadLabourSigned
Wayne David26/02/2003CaerphillyLabourSigned
Julie Morgan03/03/2003Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson05/03/2003HexhamConservativeSigned
Gerry Steinberg05/03/2003Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda10/03/2003GloucesterLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn10/03/2003JarrowLabourSigned
David Clelland10/03/2003Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Joyce Quin11/03/2003Gateshead East & Washington WestLabourSigned
Andy King13/03/2003Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Derek Foster13/03/2003Bishop AucklandLabourSigned
Janet Anderson18/03/2003Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
David Winnick31/03/2003Walsall NorthLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael02/04/2003Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Tony Worthington02/04/2003Clydebank & MilngavieLabourSigned
Roger Casale03/04/2003WimbledonLabourSigned
Anne Campbell03/04/2003CambridgeLabourSigned
Peter Bradley03/04/2003Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford03/04/2003Wirral WestLabourSigned
Chris Ruane04/04/2003Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Tam Dalyell08/04/2003LinlithgowLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe08/04/2003WellingboroughLabourSigned
John McWilliam09/04/2003BlaydonLabourSigned
Karen Buck09/04/2003Signed
George Foulkes11/04/2003Carrick, Cumnock and Doon ValleyLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Borrow14/04/2003South RibbleLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd14/04/2003Manchester CentralLabourSigned
James Plaskitt28/04/2003Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard28/04/2003St AlbansLabourSigned
Eric Martlew28/04/2003CarlisleLabourSigned
Tony Colman28/04/2003PutneyLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor28/04/2003Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon29/04/2003ElmetLabourSigned
Frank Cook06/05/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten06/05/2003WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel06/05/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas07/05/2003CrosbyLabourSigned
John Smith08/05/2003Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
Paul Truswell12/05/2003PudseyLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge15/05/2003Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Stephen McCabe04/06/2003Birmingham, Hall GreenLabourSigned
Lorna Fitzsimons11/06/2003RochdaleLabourSigned
Dave Watts11/06/2003St Helens NorthLabourSigned
Robin Cook13/06/2003LivingstonLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride13/06/2003BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Louise Ellman17/06/2003Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Candy Atherton18/06/2003Falmouth & CamborneLabourSigned
Clive Betts18/06/2003Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Neil Turner18/06/2003WiganLabourSigned
Gordon Prentice01/07/2003PendleLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara17/07/2003Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Nigel JonesUnknownWithdrawn
Brian CotterUnknownWithdrawn
Fabian HamiltonUnknownWithdrawn

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