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This motion has been signed by a total of 149 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Andy Burnham	02/12/2002	Leigh	Labour	Proposed
Patsy Calton	02/12/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	02/12/2002	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	02/12/2002	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Kevin Barron	02/12/2002	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	02/12/2002	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Nigel Beard	03/12/2002	Bexleyheath & Crayford	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	03/12/2002	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	03/12/2002	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Kevin Brennan	03/12/2002	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	03/12/2002	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	03/12/2002	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Julia Drown	04/12/2002	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	04/12/2002	Burton	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	04/12/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Keith Bradley	04/12/2002	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	04/12/2002	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
John Wilkinson	05/12/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Howard Stoate	05/12/2002	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	05/12/2002	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Gapes	05/12/2002	Ilford South	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	05/12/2002	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	05/12/2002	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/12/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Terry Davis	05/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Diana Organ	05/12/2002	Forest of Dean	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	05/12/2002	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	05/12/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	05/12/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Si	05/12/2002	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/12/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	09/12/2002	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Jane Griffiths	09/12/2002	Reading East	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	09/12/2002	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	10/12/2002	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Kenneth Clarke	10/12/2002	Rushcliffe	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	11/12/2002	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	11/12/2002	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	11/12/2002	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	11/12/2002	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Brian Iddon	12/12/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	12/12/2002	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	12/12/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	16/12/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
James Purnell	16/12/2002	Stalybridge & Hyde	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	17/12/2002	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	17/12/2002	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	17/12/2002	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	17/12/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Piara S Khabra	17/12/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Tom Harris	17/12/2002	Glasgow, Cathcart	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/12/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	19/12/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/01/2003	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Valerie Davey	07/01/2003	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Hilton Dawson	09/01/2003	Lancaster & Wyre	Labour	Signed
John Mann	09/01/2003	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
David Amess	13/01/2003	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Phil Sawford	15/01/2003	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	15/01/2003	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	16/01/2003	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Norman Lamb	22/01/2003	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	28/01/2003	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	31/01/2003	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Angela Eagle	04/02/2003	Wallasey	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	06/02/2003	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	07/02/2003	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	11/02/2003	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	11/02/2003	Dudley North	Labour	Signed
David Atkinson	11/02/2003	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Gisela Stuart	11/02/2003	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	12/02/2003	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	12/02/2003	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Christine Russell	13/02/2003	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	13/02/2003	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Chris Mole	24/02/2003	Ipswich	Labour	Signed
Sydney Chapman	24/02/2003	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Mark Fisher	24/02/2003	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	24/02/2003	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/02/2003	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	24/02/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	24/02/2003	Medway	Labour	Signed
Khalid Mahmood	24/02/2003	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	24/02/2003	Dover	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	24/02/2003	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	24/02/2003	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	24/02/2003	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	24/02/2003	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Alan Keen	24/02/2003	Feltham & Heston	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Watson	25/02/2003	West Bromwich East	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	26/02/2003	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Barbara Follett	26/02/2003	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	26/02/2003	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	26/02/2003	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	03/03/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	05/03/2003	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	05/03/2003	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	10/03/2003	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	10/03/2003	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	10/03/2003	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Joyce Quin	11/03/2003	Gateshead East & Washington West	Labour	Signed
Andy King	13/03/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Derek Foster	13/03/2003	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	18/03/2003	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	31/03/2003	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	02/04/2003	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Worthington	02/04/2003	Clydebank & Milngavie	Labour	Signed
Roger Casale	03/04/2003	Wimbledon	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	03/04/2003	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	03/04/2003	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	03/04/2003	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	04/04/2003	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Tam Dalyell	08/04/2003	Linlithgow	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	08/04/2003	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	09/04/2003	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	09/04/2003			Signed
George Foulkes	11/04/2003	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Borrow	14/04/2003	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	14/04/2003	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	28/04/2003	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	28/04/2003	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	28/04/2003	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	28/04/2003	Putney	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	28/04/2003	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	29/04/2003	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	06/05/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/05/2003	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Rendel	06/05/2003	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	07/05/2003	Crosby	Labour	Signed
John Smith	08/05/2003	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	12/05/2003	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Savidge	15/05/2003	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Stephen McCabe	04/06/2003	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Lorna Fitzsimons	11/06/2003	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Dave Watts	11/06/2003	St Helens North	Labour	Signed
Robin Cook	13/06/2003	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	13/06/2003	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	17/06/2003	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Candy Atherton	18/06/2003	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	18/06/2003	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Neil Turner	18/06/2003	Wigan	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	01/07/2003	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	17/07/2003	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	Unknown			Withdrawn
Brian Cotter	Unknown			Withdrawn
Fabian Hamilton	Unknown			Withdrawn

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