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Food Supplements Directive (No.1)

EDM number 966 in 2002-03, proposed by Liam Fox on 26/03/2003.

That this House is concerned that recent Government statements about the Food Supplements Directive state that it will allow continued use of substances not on the permitted lists where products comply with existing UK food safety legislation; notes that, in fact, the directive permits such products to continue on the market only until 2009 and even then only providing that a full safety dossier is submitted by July 2005; further notes that of the 300 nutrients which do not appear in the lists accompanying the directive, dossiers are only in preparation for around 12 owing to the high cost of producing those dossiers and meeting the information requirements for many of those nutrients; further notes that statements from Ministers that unlisted ingredients could be replaced and products reformulated do not take into account the cost implications of such steps and the changes to product character that would result; and urges the Government to pursue the matter with the European Commission to ensure that nutrients and nutrient sources are not banned if they are safe and appropriately labelled.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Liam Fox26/03/2003WoodspringConservativeProposed
Tim Loughton26/03/2003East Worthing & ShorehamConservativeSigned
Angela Watkinson26/03/2003UpminsterConservativeSigned
Chris Grayling26/03/2003Epsom & EwellConservativeSigned
Simon Burns26/03/2003West ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Cheryl Gillan26/03/2003Chesham & AmershamConservativeSigned
David Tredinnick27/03/2003BosworthConservativeSigned
Nicholas Winterton27/03/2003MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton27/03/2003CongletonConservativeSigned
Simon Thomas27/03/2003CeredigionPlaid CymruSigned
David Burnside27/03/2003South AntrimUUPSigned
Robert Key27/03/2003SalisburyConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon27/03/2003Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Bob Spink27/03/2003Castle PointConservativeSigned
Martin Smyth27/03/2003Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Alan Simpson27/03/2003Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Andrew Rosindell27/03/2003RomfordConservativeSigned
John Randall27/03/2003UxbridgeConservativeSigned
Marion Roe31/03/2003BroxbourneConservativeSigned
Caroline Spelman31/03/2003MeridenConservativeSigned
Oliver Heald31/03/2003North East HertfordshireConservativeSigned
Julian Lewis31/03/2003New Forest EastConservativeSigned
Stephen O'Brien01/04/2003EddisburyConservativeSigned
Howard Flight01/04/2003Arundel & South DownsConservativeSigned
Elfyn Llwyd02/04/2003Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Nigel Jones02/04/2003CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Hunter02/04/2003BasingstokeIndependent ConservativeSigned
Jonathan Sayeed02/04/2003Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Lady Hermon02/04/2003North DownUUPSigned
James Gray03/04/2003North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Desmond Swayne03/04/2003New Forest WestConservativeSigned
Eleanor Laing04/04/2003Epping ForestConservativeSigned
David Maclean04/04/2003Penrith & The BorderConservativeSigned
Patrick Mercer04/04/2003NewarkConservativeSigned
Andrew Murrison04/04/2003WestburyConservativeSigned
John Horam07/04/2003OrpingtonConservativeSigned
David Wilshire07/04/2003SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Julian Brazier08/04/2003CanterburyConservativeSigned
Nigel Evans10/04/2003Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
David Davis10/04/2003Haltemprice & HowdenConservativeSigned
Peter Luff10/04/2003Mid WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Edward Garnier28/04/2003HarboroughConservativeSigned
Anne McIntosh08/05/2003Vale of YorkConservativeSigned
Bill Wiggin16/05/2003LeominsterConservativeSigned
Philip Hammond03/06/2003Runnymede & WeybridgeConservativeSigned
Nicholas Soames12/06/2003Mid SussexConservativeSigned
Peter Duncan18/06/2003Galloway & Upper NithsdaleConservativeSigned
James Paice23/06/2003South East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Quentin Davies23/06/2003Grantham & StamfordConservativeSigned
Ann Widdecombe30/06/2003Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
Paul Marsden03/07/2003Shrewsbury & AtchamLiberal DemocratSigned
Marsha Singh09/07/2003Bradford WestLabourSigned
Roy Beggs11/07/2003East AntrimUUPSigned

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