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Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive

EDM number 279 in 2002-03, proposed by Brian Iddon on 04/12/2002.

That this House notes that the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive is currently being considered by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; observes that despite amendments passed by the Parliament the Directive would require dossiers to be submitted to the Medicines Control Agency for registration purposes and that the pharmaceutical standard testing required in producing those dossiers would impose costs of tens of thousands of pounds per product on manufacturers; further observes that in many cases the commercial value of specialist products being distributed through specialist retailers is such that producing such dossiers is prohibitively expensive; regrets that even as amended the Directive would not allow onto the market any overseas product which had not been on the European market for 10 years even if it were demonstrably safe and had been used for centuries; further oberves that the Council of Ministers is unlikely to accept all the amendments passed by the Parliament and that the finalised Directive will, therefore, lead to the loss of many existing popular herbal remedies and will undermine consumer protection as products continue to be available from overseas by mail-order with no quality or hygiene controls or in the United Kingdom at high cost from unlicensed and unregulated herbal practitioners; and urges the Secretary of State for Health to renegotiate the main provisions of this flawed Directive so that it does not put out of business specialist manufacturers and retailers or deny consumers access to herbal remedies of their choice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 220 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Brian Iddon04/12/2002Bolton South EastLabourProposed
Alan Simpson04/12/2002Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kate Hoey04/12/2002VauxhallLabourSigned
Eric Illsley04/12/2002Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Julie Kirkbride04/12/2002BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Mark Lazarowicz04/12/2002Edinburgh North & LeithLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alice Mahon04/12/2002HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Field04/12/2002Cities of London & WestminsterConservativeSigned
Michael Weir04/12/2002AngusScottish National PartySigned
Nicholas Winterton04/12/2002MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Martin Smyth05/12/2002Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/12/2002Luton NorthLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson05/12/2002Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Andrew MacKay05/12/2002BracknellConservativeSigned
Gordon Marsden05/12/2002Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Vincent Cable05/12/2002TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton05/12/2002GowerLabourSigned
Michael Clapham05/12/2002Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Harry Cohen05/12/2002Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Terry Davis05/12/2002Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin05/12/2002Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Drew05/12/2002StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Neil Gerrard05/12/2002WalthamstowLabourSigned
Mike Hancock05/12/2002Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor05/12/2002North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Winterton05/12/2002CongletonConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon09/12/2002North DownUUPSigned
Lindsay Hoyle09/12/2002ChorleyLabourSigned
Sue Doughty09/12/2002GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Allan09/12/2002Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gerry Steinberg09/12/2002Durham, City ofLabourSigned
Rudi Vis09/12/2002Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Marsha Singh10/12/2002Bradford WestLabourSigned
Alan Meale10/12/2002MansfieldLabourSigned
Keith Bradley10/12/2002Manchester, WithingtonLabourSigned
Tony Colman10/12/2002PutneyLabourSigned
Michael Connarty10/12/2002Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Annabelle Ewing10/12/2002PerthScottish National PartySigned
Paul Flynn10/12/2002Newport WestLabourSigned
John Austin10/12/2002Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Harry Barnes10/12/2002North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Simon Thomas10/12/2002CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
Betty Williams10/12/2002ConwyLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner11/12/2002BolsoverLabourSigned
Paul Keetch11/12/2002HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty11/12/2002Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell11/12/2002Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Bill Olner11/12/2002NuneatonLabourSigned
David Burnside11/12/2002South AntrimUUPSigned
Ronnie Campbell11/12/2002Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Ann Cryer11/12/2002KeighleyLabourSigned
David Amess11/12/2002Southend WestConservativeSigned
Paul Stinchcombe11/12/2002WellingboroughLabourSigned
Christine Russell12/12/2002Chester, City ofLabourSigned
John Horam12/12/2002OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Piara S Khabra12/12/2002Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd12/12/2002Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew MacKinlay12/12/2002ThurrockLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael12/12/2002Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Flook12/12/2002TauntonConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier12/12/2002HarboroughConservativeSigned
James Gray12/12/2002North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Peter Ainsworth12/12/2002East SurreyConservativeSigned
David Atkinson12/12/2002Bournemouth EastConservativeSigned
Harold Best12/12/2002Leeds North WestLabourSigned
David Stewart12/12/2002Inverness East, Nairn and LochaberLabourSigned
Desmond Swayne12/12/2002New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Teddy Taylor12/12/2002Rochford & Southend EastConservativeSigned
Paddy Tipping12/12/2002SherwoodLabourSigned
Robert Walter12/12/2002North DorsetConservativeSigned
John Wilkinson12/12/2002Ruislip - NorthwoodConservativeSigned
Roger Williams12/12/2002Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross12/12/2002TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Iris Robinson16/12/2002StrangfordDUPSigned
Nick Harvey16/12/2002North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Helen Jackson16/12/2002Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Terry Lewis16/12/2002WorsleyLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara16/12/2002Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Colin Challen16/12/2002Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham16/12/2002Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff16/12/2002Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell16/12/2002Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Ashok Kumar17/12/2002Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
John McDonnell17/12/2002Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Colin Breed17/12/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton17/12/2002CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Menzies Campbell17/12/2002Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Christopher Chope17/12/2002ChristchurchConservativeSigned
Helen Clark17/12/2002PeterboroughLabourSigned
Brian Cotter17/12/2002Weston-Super-MareLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Sawford18/12/2002KetteringLabourSigned
Michael Mates18/12/2002East HampshireConservativeSigned
David Cameron18/12/2002WitneyConservativeSigned
Jonathan Djanogly18/12/2002HuntingdonConservativeSigned
Brian H Donohoe18/12/2002Cunninghame SouthLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly18/12/2002Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Paul Goodman18/12/2002WycombeConservativeSigned
John Barrett18/12/2002Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Adam Price19/12/2002Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Gwyn Prosser19/12/2002DoverLabourSigned
Charles Hendry19/12/2002WealdenConservativeSigned
Robert Jackson19/12/2002WantageConservativeSigned
Brian Jenkins19/12/2002TamworthLabourSigned
John McWilliam19/12/2002BlaydonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn19/12/2002Islington NorthLabourSigned
Denzil Davies19/12/2002LlanelliLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe19/12/2002Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
John Randall07/01/2003UxbridgeConservativeSigned
John Robertson07/01/2003Glasgow, AnnieslandLabourSigned
Joan Ruddock07/01/2003Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Martyn Jones07/01/2003Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Andy King07/01/2003Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Patrick Mercer07/01/2003NewarkConservativeSigned
John Burnett07/01/2003Torridge & West DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Iain Coleman07/01/2003Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Adrian Bailey07/01/2003West Bromwich WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gary Streeter07/01/2003South West DevonConservativeSigned
Mike Wood07/01/2003Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Parmjit Dhanda08/01/2003GloucesterLabourSigned
Annette Brooke08/01/2003Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
George Stevenson09/01/2003Stoke-on-Trent SouthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones13/01/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Norman Lamb13/01/2003North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake13/01/2003Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Hunter14/01/2003BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
George Young15/01/2003North West HampshireConservativeSigned
Mark Prisk16/01/2003Hertford & StortfordConservativeSigned
Hugh Robertson16/01/2003Faversham & Mid KentConservativeSigned
Laurence Robertson16/01/2003TewkesburyConservativeSigned
Andrew Rosindell16/01/2003RomfordConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed16/01/2003Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Andrew Selous16/01/2003South West BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman16/01/2003MeridenConservativeSigned
Mark Hoban16/01/2003FarehamConservativeSigned
Michael Howard16/01/2003Folkestone & HytheConservativeSigned
Gerald Howarth16/01/2003AldershotConservativeSigned
Robert Key16/01/2003SalisburyConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis16/01/2003New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Tim Loughton16/01/2003East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Peter Luff16/01/2003Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
David Maclean16/01/2003Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Patrick McLoughlin16/01/2003West DerbyshireConservativeSigned
Malcolm Moss16/01/2003North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Stephen O'Brien16/01/2003EddisburyConservativeSigned
George Osborne16/01/2003TattonConservativeSigned
Graham Brady16/01/2003Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Simon Burns16/01/2003West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
James Clappison16/01/2003HertsmereConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans16/01/2003Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Michael Fabricant16/01/2003LichfieldConservativeSigned
Michael Fallon16/01/2003SevenoaksConservativeSigned
Liam Fox16/01/2003WoodspringConservativeSigned
Mark Francois16/01/2003RayleighConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan16/01/2003Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
Chris Grayling16/01/2003Epsom & EwellConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond16/01/2003Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Gregory Barker16/01/2003Bexhill & BattleConservativeSigned
John Baron16/01/2003BillericayConservativeSigned
Henry Bellingham16/01/2003North West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Crispin Blunt16/01/2003ReigateConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell16/01/2003DaventryConservativeSigned
Hugo Swire16/01/2003East DevonConservativeSigned
John Taylor16/01/2003SolihullConservativeSigned
Nigel Waterson16/01/2003EastbourneConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson16/01/2003UpminsterConservativeSigned
David Ruffley20/01/2003Bury St EdmundsConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing20/01/2003Epping ForestConservativeSigned
Jacqui Lait20/01/2003BeckenhamConservativeSigned
Archie Norman20/01/2003Tunbridge WellsConservativeSigned
Alan Duncan20/01/2003Rutland & MeltonConservativeSigned
John Greenway20/01/2003RyedaleConservativeSigned
Alan Hurst21/01/2003BraintreeLabourSigned
Janet Dean21/01/2003BurtonLabourSigned
Theresa May23/01/2003MaidenheadConservativeSigned
Lembit 23/01/2003MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott23/01/2003Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Joe Benton23/01/2003BootleLabourSigned
Brian White23/01/2003North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
David Rendel27/01/2003NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
David Tredinnick27/01/2003BosworthConservativeSigned
Karen Buck28/01/2003Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
John Bercow28/01/2003BuckinghamConservativeSigned
Khalid Mahmood29/01/2003Birmingham, Perry BarrLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore30/01/2003HendonLabourSigned
Gillian Shephard03/02/2003South West NorfolkConservativeSigned
Frank Cook04/02/2003Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Albert Owen05/02/2003Ynys MLabourSigned
Julian Brazier05/02/2003CanterburyConservativeSigned
Nigel Dodds05/02/2003Belfast NorthDUPSigned
Steve Webb05/02/2003NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Smith07/02/2003Islington South & FinsburyLabourSigned
John Lyons07/02/2003Strathkelvin & BearsdenLabourSigned
Michael Moore10/02/2003Tweeddale, Ettrick & LauderdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Robinson24/02/2003Belfast EastDUPSigned
Tony McWalter24/02/2003Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Kevin Brennan24/02/2003Cardiff WestLabourSigned
Sydney Chapman24/02/2003Chipping BarnetConservativeSigned
Derek Conway25/02/2003Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
Julie Morgan26/02/2003Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George26/02/2003St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell27/02/2003East LondonderryDUPSigned
Frank Field27/02/2003BirkenheadLabourSigned
Angus Robertson03/03/2003MorayScottish National PartySigned
Anne McIntosh03/03/2003Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Peter Duncan07/03/2003Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin07/03/2003LeominsterConservativeSigned
James Plaskitt10/03/2003Warwick & LeamingtonLabourSigned
Geraldine Smith12/03/2003Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Alan Reid20/03/2003Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Tami24/03/2003Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Dominic Grieve11/04/2003BeaconsfieldConservativeSigned
Desmond Turner11/04/2003Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Virginia Bottomley28/04/2003South West SurreyConservativeSigned
Richard Bacon12/05/2003South NorfolkConservativeSigned
Humfrey Malins19/05/2003WokingConservativeSigned
Bob Russell20/05/2003ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
John Smith22/05/2003Vale of GlamorganLabourSigned
David Chidgey04/06/2003EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Oliver Heald10/09/2003North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Fiona MactaggartUnknownWithdrawn

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