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This motion has been signed by a total of 72 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Joan Ruddock	26/01/2006	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Proposed
Evan Harris	26/01/2006	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ian Gibson	26/01/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
Sandra Gidley	26/01/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Tony Wright	26/01/2006	Cannock Chase	Labour	Seconded
Jo Swinson	26/01/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dowd	26/01/2006	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	26/01/2006	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	30/01/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	31/01/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
David Laws	31/01/2006	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	31/01/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	31/01/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	31/01/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Wilshire	01/02/2006	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/02/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	01/02/2006	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	01/02/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	06/02/2006	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	06/02/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	06/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	09/02/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2006	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	09/02/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	09/02/2006	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	09/02/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	13/02/2006	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	13/02/2006	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	14/02/2006	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	14/02/2006	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Crispin Blunt	14/02/2006	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Mark Fisher	14/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	14/02/2006	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Piara S Khabra	14/02/2006	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Kerry McCarthy	15/02/2006	Bristol East	Labour	Signed
Tim Yeo	15/02/2006	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	15/02/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	15/02/2006	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	15/02/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Martin Horwood	16/02/2006	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
James Duddridge	16/02/2006	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/02/2006	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	16/02/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	27/02/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Mike Wood	27/02/2006	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	01/03/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Mullin	06/03/2006	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	09/03/2006	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Chaytor	13/03/2006	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	14/03/2006	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	14/03/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	15/03/2006	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diana Johnson	16/03/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	17/03/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/03/2006	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	21/03/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	23/03/2006	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	28/03/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	30/03/2006	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	20/04/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	08/05/2006			Signed
Jennifer Willott	23/05/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	13/06/2006	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	19/06/2006	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	19/10/2006	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
Anne Milton	Unknown			Withdrawn
Keith Vaz	Unknown			Withdrawn

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