Better Deal For Cancer Patients Campaign (No. 2) (EDM1553)

Better Deal For Cancer Patients Campaign (No. 2)

EDM number 1553 in 2005-06, proposed by Sharon Hodgson on 01/02/2006.

That this House recognises that one in three people will be diagnosed with cancer during their lifetime; notes that 39 per cent. of working age cancer patients have experienced significant financial difficulties as a result of cancer; further recognises that disability due to cancer is often sudden and unpredictable and that many cancer patients make up to 60 trips to hospital in total for life-saving treatment and often travel long distances for radiotherapy; is concerned by the National Audit Office finding that 77 per cent. of cancer patients are not given information about financial benefits and the Public Accounts Committee finding that there is a scandalous lack of benefits take-up for some cancer patients; therefore applauds Macmillan Cancer Relief's Better Deal campaign which calls on the Government to inform all cancer patients about their eligibility for financial benefits through effective referral mechanisms such as benefits awareness training for healthcare professionals and access to specialist benefits advice; and calls on the Government to revise the qualifying criteria for disability living allowance and attendance allowance which unfairly discriminate against cancer patients, to review fast-tracking procedures for terminally-ill patients and to exempt cancer patients travelling for treatment from road tolls and charges and from hospital car parking charges.

This motion has been signed by a total of 156 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Sharon Hodgson	01/02/2006	Gateshead East and Washington West	Labour	Proposed
Ian Gibson	01/02/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
Howard Stoate	01/02/2006	Dartford	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	01/02/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Jo Swinson	01/02/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Roberta Blackman-Woods	01/02/2006	City of Durham	Labour	Seconded
Adrian Sanders	01/02/2006	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	01/02/2006	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Bob Spink	01/02/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	01/02/2006	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	01/02/2006	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	01/02/2006	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	01/02/2006	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	01/02/2006	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Gregory Campbell	01/02/2006	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	01/02/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	01/02/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	01/02/2006	Linlithgow and East Falkirk	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	01/02/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	01/02/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	01/02/2006	Easington	Labour	Signed
Wayne David	01/02/2006	Caerphilly	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/02/2006	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/02/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Clive Efford	01/02/2006	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	01/02/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	01/02/2006	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	01/02/2006	Sittingbourne and Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Celia Barlow	01/02/2006	Hove	Labour	Signed
Lyn Brown	01/02/2006	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Mary Creagh	01/02/2006	Wakefield	Labour	Signed
Andrew Gwynne	01/02/2006	Denton and Reddish	Labour	Signed
Diana Johnson	01/02/2006	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Barbara Keeley	01/02/2006	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Sarah McCarthy-Fry	01/02/2006	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Madeleine Moon	01/02/2006	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Michael Penning	01/02/2006	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/02/2006	Pendle	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	02/02/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	02/02/2006	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
David Heath	02/02/2006	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Meale	02/02/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	02/02/2006	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	02/02/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	06/02/2006	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/02/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Austin Mitchell	06/02/2006	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	06/02/2006	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	06/02/2006	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	06/02/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/02/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Borrow	06/02/2006	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	06/02/2006	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Leech	06/02/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/02/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	07/02/2006	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	07/02/2006	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	07/02/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/02/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	07/02/2006	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	07/02/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	08/02/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	08/02/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	08/02/2006	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	08/02/2006	Crawley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/02/2006	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	08/02/2006	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/02/2006	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	08/02/2006	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	08/02/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	08/02/2006	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clare Short	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	09/02/2006	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/2006	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	09/02/2006	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
James Clappison	09/02/2006	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	09/02/2006	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	09/02/2006	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	09/02/2006	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ben Wallace	09/02/2006	Lancaster and Wyre	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	09/02/2006	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	09/02/2006	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
John Hemming	09/02/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Natascha Engel	09/02/2006	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Sadiq Khan	09/02/2006	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Jamie Reed	09/02/2006	Copeland	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	09/02/2006	Halifax	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	13/02/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	13/02/2006	Luton North	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	13/02/2006	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	13/02/2006	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kevan Jones	13/02/2006	North Durham	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	13/02/2006	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	13/02/2006	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Derek Conway	13/02/2006	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	13/02/2006	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/02/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/02/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	14/02/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bill Etherington	14/02/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	14/02/2006	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	14/02/2006	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Jennifer Willott	14/02/2006	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	15/02/2006	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Havard	15/02/2006	Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/02/2006	Lanark and Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
John MacDougall	15/02/2006	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	15/02/2006	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	15/02/2006	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	15/02/2006	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jim McGovern	15/02/2006	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	16/02/2006	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nigel Dodds	16/02/2006	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Nigel Evans	16/02/2006	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
David Hamilton	16/02/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	16/02/2006	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	27/02/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	27/02/2006	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	27/02/2006	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	27/02/2006	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	27/02/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Richard Taylor	27/02/2006	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Phil Willis	27/02/2006	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	27/02/2006	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Moffat	28/02/2006	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	28/02/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/02/2006	Burton	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	28/02/2006	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rosie Cooper	01/03/2006	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	03/03/2006	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	06/03/2006	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kitty Ussher	07/03/2006	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/03/2006	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
James Gray	09/03/2006	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Fraser Kemp	15/03/2006	Houghton and Washington East	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	15/03/2006	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	15/03/2006	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	16/03/2006	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	16/03/2006	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
David Jones	16/03/2006	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Emily Thornberry	17/03/2006	Islington South and Finsbury	Labour	Signed
Dan Rogerson	17/03/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Desmond Turner	20/03/2006	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	29/03/2006	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	30/03/2006	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	30/03/2006	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
John McFall	30/03/2006	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
George Mudie	30/03/2006	Leeds East	Labour	Signed
Nick Brown	30/03/2006	Newcastle upon Tyne East and Wallsend	Labour	Signed
Jon Cruddas	30/03/2006	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
David Winnick	30/03/2006	Walsall North	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	30/03/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	15/05/2006	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	03/07/2006	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Edward Davey	14/07/2006	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	09/10/2006	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed

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