Birth Centres (EDM1363)

Birth Centres

EDM number 1363 in 2005-06, proposed by Sandra Gidley on 12/01/2006.

That this House believes women should have choice over where they have their baby, including midwife-led units and birth centres; notes that many women prefer to receive care during pregnancy and labour as close to home as possible; fully supports commitments in the Maternity Standard of the National Service Framework (NSF) for Children, Young People and Maternity Services to provide choice over place of birth; recognises that midwife-led units provide friendly, individualised woman and family-centred maternity care; acknowledges research which shows that for carefully selected, low-risk women, birth centres provide higher normal birth rates and lower rates of medical interventions; further notes that the closure of midwife-led units and birth centres will undermine implementation of the Children's NSFs; in support of these aims; urges the Secretary of State for Health to support the National Childbirth Trust's call for a moratorium on the closure of midwife-led units and birth centres across England and Wales; calls for midwife-led units and birth centres which have been closed temporarily in the past three years to be reopened; and further urges the Government to require primary care trusts and NHS trusts to promote midwife-led units and birth centres to health professionals and the local community to ensure these valuable units are fully used.

This motion has been signed by a total of 119 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sandra Gidley	12/01/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Annette Brooke	12/01/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	12/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Michael Mates	12/01/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Seconded
Michael Ancram	12/01/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Seconded
Gwyn Prosser	12/01/2006	Dover	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	16/01/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	16/01/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	16/01/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	17/01/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	17/01/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Alan Meale	17/01/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/01/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	17/01/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	17/01/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	17/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
John Leech	17/01/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	18/01/2006	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	18/01/2006	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	18/01/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Laura Moffatt	18/01/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	18/01/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	18/01/2006	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	18/01/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	18/01/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Mark Lancaster	18/01/2006	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	19/01/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	19/01/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	19/01/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	19/01/2006	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	19/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	19/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	19/01/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Atkinson	19/01/2006	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/01/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sharon Hodgson	19/01/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	20/01/2006	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Weir	20/01/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Phil Willis	20/01/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	20/01/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Soames	23/01/2006	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Colin Challen	23/01/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
David Davis	23/01/2006	Haltemprice & Howden	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	23/01/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/01/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	23/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	23/01/2006	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	24/01/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/01/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	24/01/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Whittingdale	24/01/2006	Maldon and East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
David Wilshire	24/01/2006	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	24/01/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/01/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
John Horam	26/01/2006	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Denis Murphy	26/01/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	26/01/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
David Burrowes	26/01/2006	Enfield, Southgate	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	26/01/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	30/01/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	30/01/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/01/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Lembit	30/01/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	30/01/2006	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	30/01/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	30/01/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	30/01/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Gauke	30/01/2006	South West Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	30/01/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	30/01/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Prentice	31/01/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	31/01/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	31/01/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	31/01/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davies	31/01/2006	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	31/01/2006	Batley and Spen	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	31/01/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Hammond	31/01/2006	Wimbledon	Conservative	Signed
Susan Kramer	31/01/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Milton	31/01/2006	Guildford	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	01/02/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	01/02/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	01/02/2006	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	01/02/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	01/02/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Wright	02/02/2006	Rugby and Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	06/02/2006	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	06/02/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	06/02/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	06/02/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Greenway	07/02/2006	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	07/02/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	08/02/2006	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	13/02/2006	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/02/2006	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	15/02/2006	Croydon Central	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fallon	16/02/2006	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stuart	16/02/2006	Beverley and Holderness	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	27/02/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Bacon	27/02/2006	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	28/02/2006	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mary Creagh	28/02/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	28/02/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Burns	06/03/2006	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	13/03/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	16/03/2006	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/03/2006	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Edward Leigh	20/03/2006	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	11/07/2006	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	24/07/2006	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Dai Davies	09/10/2006	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed

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