Free Prescriptions For Students

EDM number 619 in 2004-05, proposed by Lynne Jones on 31/01/2005.

That this House regrets the financial pressures that students face now and will be presented with in the future; believes that students face difficult financial choices during their studies; recognises that more students than ever are working to fund basic essentials; believes that healthcare should be free at the point of need, that the cost of accessing healthcare deters many students from visiting their general practitioner, asking for a prescription, getting an eye test or dental check-up and that paying for prescription costs diverts money away from spending on basic costs such as food and study materials; believes that investing in affordable quality healthcare now will ensure a healthier generation of graduates, and will save further unnecessary investment in the future; supports the National Union of Students' campaign for accessible healthcare for all students; and believes students should be exempt from charges for prescriptions, dental care and eye tests that act as a barrier to them accessing the healthcare they need.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Lynne Jones	31/01/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Proposed
Michael Weir	01/02/2005	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Bottomley	01/02/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Roy Beggs	01/02/2005	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Mike Hancock	01/02/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Gibson	01/02/2005	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	01/02/2005	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	01/02/2005	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Bob Spink	01/02/2005	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Llew Smith	01/02/2005	Blaenau Gwent	Labour	Signed
Helen Clark	02/02/2005	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/02/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/02/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/02/2005	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Diane Abbott	02/02/2005	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	02/02/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	02/02/2005	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Rudi Vis	02/02/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/02/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	02/02/2005	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	02/02/2005	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	02/02/2005	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Martin Smyth	02/02/2005	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Lady Hermon	02/02/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	02/02/2005	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	02/02/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	02/02/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/02/2005	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	02/02/2005	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Win Griffiths	03/02/2005	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	03/02/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	03/02/2005	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Cohen	03/02/2005	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ian Lucas	03/02/2005	Wrexham	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	03/02/2005	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	03/02/2005	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Phil Sawford	03/02/2005	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	04/02/2005	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/02/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	07/02/2005	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/02/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	08/02/2005	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	08/02/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Cook	08/02/2005	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	08/02/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/02/2005	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	09/02/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	09/02/2005	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Anne Campbell	09/02/2005	Cambridge	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	09/02/2005	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	10/02/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	10/02/2005	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	10/02/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	21/02/2005	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	21/02/2005	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Farrelly	22/02/2005	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	23/02/2005	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	23/02/2005	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	23/02/2005	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	25/02/2005	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Andy King	28/02/2005	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
David Kidney	01/03/2005	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	01/03/2005	Basingstoke	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	03/03/2005	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	08/03/2005	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	10/03/2005	Loughborough	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Hywel Francis	10/03/2005	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	18/03/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	23/03/2005	Glasgow, Kelvin	Independent	Signed
John Cummings	04/04/2005	Easington	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Gill	06/04/2005	Leicester South	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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