Access To Health (EDM886)

Access To Health

EDM number 886 in 2006-07, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 08/02/2007.

That this House is concerned that non-emergency NHS secondary care is being denied to refused asylum seekers under the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulation 2004; recognises the negative impact on the health and threat to life of these vulnerable and impoverished people denied hospital care; notes that the number of people denied healthcare under the Regulation is unknown; further notes that the Health Select Committee has found no evidence of health tourism by asylum seekers; believes that the NHS should provide services such as maternity care and treatment for cancer, diabetes and communicable diseases on the basis of need, not ability to pay; welcomes the Refugee Council's `First do no harm' report and Just.Fair campaign and also the Treat With Respect campaign, which are bringing the impact of this unjust policy to light; and urges the Government to bring forward amendments to the NHS (Charges to Overseas Visitors) (Amendment) Regulation 2004 to exclude refused asylum seekers from liability to pay.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	08/02/2007	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
John Bercow	08/02/2007	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Harry Cohen	08/02/2007	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Seconded
Jon Cruddas	08/02/2007	Dagenham	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	08/02/2007	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
David Anderson	19/02/2007	Blaydon	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	19/02/2007	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	19/02/2007	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	19/02/2007	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	19/02/2007	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	19/02/2007	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	19/02/2007	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	20/02/2007	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Hamilton	20/02/2007	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	20/02/2007	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	20/02/2007	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	20/02/2007	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	20/02/2007	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	20/02/2007	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	21/02/2007	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	21/02/2007	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/02/2007	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	21/02/2007	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	22/02/2007	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	22/02/2007	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	22/02/2007	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	22/02/2007	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	22/02/2007	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	23/02/2007	Burton	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	26/02/2007	North Down	UUP	Signed
David Drew	26/02/2007	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	27/02/2007	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	27/02/2007	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/02/2007	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Karen Buck	01/03/2007	Regent's Park and Kensington North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	18/04/2007	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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