Confidentiality Of Sexual Health Advice For Young People

EDM number 829 in 2005-06, proposed by Stephen Williams on 21/10/2005.

That this House commends the new campaign `Wise Up! Your rights on sexual health' launched by Brook, the sexual health charity for young people, which aims to protect young people's right to confidentiality in discussing matters of sexual health; notes that this campaign is supported by organisations including the British Medical Association, the General Medical Council, the Royal College of Nursing and the National Youth Agency; further notes that a recent survey by Brook found that 64 per cent. of young people, and 74 per cent. of young people under 16 years, said they would be less likely to seek advice on sexual health issues if they knew that health workers could pass on information about underage sexual activity to social workers; recognises that doctors can already breach young people's confidentiality where this is necessary to protect them from serious harm such as sexual abuse, but that any plans to make it compulsory to share information about the sexual activity of young people will be a strong disincentive for young people to receive sexual health advice and services, which could lead to a large increase in the number of unplanned pregnancies and sexually transmitted infections; and urges the Government to protect the right to confidentiality for all young people discussing matters of sexual health.

This motion has been signed by a total of 73 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Stephen Williams	21/10/2005	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Tim Farron	21/10/2005	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Phyllis Starkey	21/10/2005	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Seconded
Annette Brooke	21/10/2005	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Julia Goldsworthy	21/10/2005	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Danny Alexander	21/10/2005	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Howarth	24/10/2005	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	24/10/2005	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	24/10/2005	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Barron	24/10/2005	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	24/10/2005	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	24/10/2005	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	24/10/2005	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Glenda Jackson	24/10/2005	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	25/10/2005	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	25/10/2005	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/10/2005	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	25/10/2005	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	25/10/2005	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	25/10/2005	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	26/10/2005	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Norman Baker	26/10/2005	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	26/10/2005	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	26/10/2005	Gower	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	26/10/2005	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	26/10/2005	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Norman Lamb	26/10/2005	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynda Waltho	27/10/2005	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Sian James	27/10/2005	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	27/10/2005	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	27/10/2005	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	27/10/2005	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	28/10/2005	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lyn Brown	28/10/2005	West Ham	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	28/10/2005	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	31/10/2005	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	31/10/2005	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	31/10/2005	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	31/10/2005	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hesford	31/10/2005	Wirral West	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	31/10/2005	North Down	UUP	Signed
Neil Gerrard	01/11/2005	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	02/11/2005	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Clelland	02/11/2005	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	02/11/2005	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	03/11/2005	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	03/11/2005	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Gidley	03/11/2005	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	03/11/2005	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	03/11/2005	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	03/11/2005	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	07/11/2005	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	07/11/2005	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	07/11/2005	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	07/11/2005	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/11/2005	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
Lembit	11/11/2005	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	11/11/2005	Burton	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	11/11/2005	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	14/11/2005	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	16/11/2005	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	22/11/2005	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	22/11/2005	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	22/11/2005	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	23/11/2005	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	24/11/2005	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	28/11/2005	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	29/11/2005	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Clegg	01/12/2005	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/12/2005	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	06/12/2005	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	26/04/2006	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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