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Assisted Dying In The UK And Overseas

EDM number 1494 in 2005-06, proposed by Joan Ruddock on 26/01/2006.

That this House is saddened by the death of the terminally ill doctor Anne Turner who chose to travel to Switzerland to receive assistance to die; hopes that her son and daughters who accompanied her are treated with compassion and sensitivity by the authorities on their return to the UK; is concerned that this is the 42nd case of its kind in the past three years and yet the Director of Public Prosecutions still refuses to publish guidance as to whether family members who accompany their relatives overseas for an assisted death are breaking the law; notes that recent research by Clive Seale from Brunel University has uncovered that, on average, there are eight illegal assisted deaths performed by doctors in the UK every day; and believes this sensitive issue should be further discussed in this House.

This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Joan Ruddock26/01/2006Lewisham, DeptfordLabourProposed
Evan Harris26/01/2006Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Ian Gibson26/01/2006Norwich NorthLabourSeconded
Sandra Gidley26/01/2006RomseyLiberal DemocratSeconded
Tony Wright26/01/2006Cannock ChaseLabourSeconded
Jo Swinson26/01/2006East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSeconded
Kelvin Hopkins26/01/2006Luton NorthLabourSigned
Frank Doran26/01/2006Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dowd26/01/2006Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Mike Hancock30/01/2006Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones31/01/2006Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
David Laws31/01/2006YeovilLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty31/01/2006Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Paul Flynn31/01/2006Newport WestLabourSigned
John Leech31/01/2006Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Dismore01/02/2006HendonLabourSigned
David Wilshire01/02/2006SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Rudi Vis01/02/2006Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Richard Burden01/02/2006Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Paul Holmes01/02/2006ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake06/02/2006Carshalton and WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Clelland06/02/2006Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Ann Cryer06/02/2006KeighleyLabourSigned
Alan Simpson07/02/2006Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd09/02/2006Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Colin Challen09/02/2006Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Diane Abbott09/02/2006Hackney North and Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
John Austin09/02/2006Erith and ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Madeleine Moon09/02/2006BridgendLabourSigned
Brian H Donohoe13/02/2006Central AyrshireLabourSigned
Norman Baker13/02/2006LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Goldsworthy14/02/2006Falmouth and CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Lorely Burt14/02/2006SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Crispin Blunt14/02/2006ReigateConservativeSigned
Mark Oaten14/02/2006WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Fisher14/02/2006Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra14/02/2006Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Clare Short15/02/2006Birmingham, LadywoodLabourSigned
Andrew Love15/02/2006EdmontonLabourSigned
Roger Godsiff15/02/2006Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small HeathLabourSigned
Tim Yeo15/02/2006South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Kerry McCarthy15/02/2006Bristol EastLabourSigned
Martin Horwood16/02/2006CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
James Duddridge16/02/2006Rochford and Southend EastConservativeSigned
Derek Wyatt16/02/2006Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Roger Berry16/02/2006KingswoodLabourSigned
Martyn Jones27/02/2006Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington27/02/2006Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Mike Wood27/02/2006Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Stephen Williams01/03/2006Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Mullin06/03/2006Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Jeremy Browne09/03/2006TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor13/03/2006Bury NorthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch14/03/2006HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone14/03/2006Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Susan Kramer15/03/2006Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Diana Johnson16/03/2006Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Frank Cook17/03/2006Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Emily Thornberry17/03/2006Islington South and FinsburyLabourSigned
Desmond Turner20/03/2006Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Andrew George21/03/2006St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Glenda Jackson23/03/2006Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Julie Morgan28/03/2006Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
David Howarth30/03/2006CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell20/04/2006PudseyLabourSigned
Karen Buck08/05/2006Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Jennifer Willott23/05/2006Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Lembit 13/06/2006MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Katy Clark19/06/2006North Ayrshire and ArranLabourSigned
Ian Davidson19/10/2006Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Anne MiltonUnknownWithdrawn
Keith VazUnknownWithdrawn

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