Doctors And End Of Life Decisions (EDM1480)

Doctors And End Of Life Decisions

EDM number 1480 in 2005-06, proposed by Frank Field on 25/01/2006.

That this House congratulates Professor Clive Seale and his team at the School of Social Sciences and Law, Brunel University, on the survey among doctors on End of Life Decisions; notes it is the first in-depth study of its kind in the United Kingdom; further notes that according to the survey, only 2.6 per cent. of doctors favour a change in the law relating to euthanasia and physician assisted suicide; further notes this is in stark contrast to the discredited claims by the Voluntary Euthanasia Society stating that around 50 per cent. of doctors in the United Kingdom wish to change the law to allow euthanasia; further notes that less than 0.5 per cent. of deaths in 2004 resulted from euthanasia but that this nonetheless amounts to 3,000 per annum; further notes that a further 30.5 per cent. of deaths were due to withdrawing or withholding treatment; recognises that in the majority of cases the decision taken would be due to the futility of the treatment concerned or because it would be too onerous for the patient; nonetheless calls on the Government to carry out further inquiries into what the British Medical Association has complained of as a tiny minority of doctors acting illegally in deliberately ending a patient's life; and further calls on the Government to check on patients' lives being deliberately ended through the withdrawal of treatment and to circulate guidance to hospitals to make it clear that this is in breach of the law on homicide.

This motion has been signed by a total of 69 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Frank Field	25/01/2006	Birkenhead	Labour	Proposed
David Amess	25/01/2006	Southend West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	25/01/2006	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Paul Rowen	25/01/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	25/01/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
David Hamilton	25/01/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Seconded
Vincent Cable	26/01/2006	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	26/01/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	26/01/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Taylor	26/01/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	26/01/2006	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	26/01/2006	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	30/01/2006	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Edward Vaizey	30/01/2006	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Phil Willis	30/01/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	30/01/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	31/01/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	31/01/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	01/02/2006	Romford	Conservative	Signed
David Simpson	01/02/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Derek Conway	01/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Janet Dean	01/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Paul Goodman	01/02/2006	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Swayne	01/02/2006	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Dan Rogerson	01/02/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angela Watkinson	02/02/2006	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Crabb	02/02/2006	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Ancram	02/02/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	02/02/2006	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	02/02/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Bill Olner	02/02/2006	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Peter Luff	02/02/2006	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	02/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	02/02/2006	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Peter Atkinson	06/02/2006	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	06/02/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Joe Benton	06/02/2006	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	06/02/2006	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Tom Clarke	06/02/2006	Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill	Labour	Signed
David Marshall	06/02/2006	Glasgow East	Labour	Signed
Helen Jones	06/02/2006	Warrington North	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	06/02/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Selous	07/02/2006	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	07/02/2006	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Marsha Singh	08/02/2006	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	08/02/2006	Morecambe and Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	08/02/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Julian Brazier	09/02/2006	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
John Hemming	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	09/02/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Gummer	14/02/2006	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/02/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	15/02/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	27/02/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Simon Burns	27/02/2006	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	08/03/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
William Cash	08/03/2006	Stone	Conservative	Signed
Peter Robinson	13/03/2006	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Edward Leigh	17/03/2006	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	20/03/2006	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Natascha Engel	20/03/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Julian Lewis	22/03/2006	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Damian Green	30/03/2006	Ashford	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	04/07/2006	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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