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Accusation Document And The Contaminated Blood Public Inquiry

EDM number 1318 in 2006-07, proposed by Jenny Willott on 20/04/2007.

That this House applauds the hard work and dedication that Tainted Blood has put into compiling their Accusation Document; notes the exceptional coverage of this issue in a special report by BBC's Newsnight programme; further notes the accusations and evidence in the document levelled at successive Governments, the Department of Health and the haemophiliac and blood product medical profession of gross maladministration, unethical research and a cover-up over how 4,800 haemophiliacs were infected with hepatitis C and over 1,200 with HIV whilst receiving treatment under the NHS during the 1970s and 1980s; further notes that of the 1,200 infected with HIV, 800 have died and that hundreds more have died from hepatitis C; is deeply dismayed at the Government's handling of this issue, their refusal to back a full independent public inquiry and the destruction and withholding of documents relating to this affair; and strongly urges the Government and the Department of Health, in the light of these revelations, to cooperate fully with the ongoing inquiry into this matter chaired by Lord Archer of Sandwell QC.

This motion has been signed by a total of 63 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jennifer Willott20/04/2007Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratProposed
Michael Penning20/04/2007Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Nick Harvey20/04/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSeconded
Pete Wishart20/04/2007Perth and North PerthshireScottish National PartySeconded
Bob Spink23/04/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Lynne Jones23/04/2007Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSeconded
Greg Pope24/04/2007HyndburnLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd24/04/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Alan Meale24/04/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Martin Caton24/04/2007GowerLabourSigned
Andrew George24/04/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams24/04/2007CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter24/04/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock25/04/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood25/04/2007CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Steve Webb25/04/2007NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Durkan25/04/2007FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Janet Dean25/04/2007BurtonLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn25/04/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell25/04/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
David Heath26/04/2007Somerton & FromeLiberal DemocratSigned
Eddie McGrady26/04/2007South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Mark Oaten26/04/2007WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Annette Brooke26/04/2007Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable26/04/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard26/04/2007WalthamstowLabourSigned
Lorely Burt26/04/2007SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech26/04/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Dai Davies26/04/2007Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Greg Mulholland27/04/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone27/04/2007Hornsey and Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis27/04/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed27/04/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew27/04/2007StroudLabourSigned
John Pugh30/04/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Burstow30/04/2007Sutton and CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Flynn30/04/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Fabian Hamilton30/04/2007Leeds North EastLabourSigned
John Thurso30/04/2007Caithness, Sutherland and Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson01/05/2007Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins01/05/2007Luton NorthLabourSigned
Norman Lamb01/05/2007North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss01/05/2007North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Edward O'Hara01/05/2007Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis02/05/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Sarah Teather02/05/2007Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg02/05/2007Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington02/05/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Lembit 08/05/2007MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Derek Conway08/05/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
George Galloway08/05/2007Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
Dan Rogerson08/05/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris09/05/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming09/05/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Matthew Taylor14/05/2007Truro and St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Roger Williams14/05/2007Brecon and RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth15/05/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Albert Owen17/05/2007Ynys MLabourSigned
Rob Marris21/05/2007Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell21/05/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Charles Kennedy23/05/2007Ross, Skye and LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Don Foster04/06/2007BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Sanders15/06/2007TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned

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