Ms Week

EDM number 1352 in 2007-08, proposed by James Gray on 21/04/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health services and Medicine.

That this House supports the 2008 MS week which runs from 21st to 27th April 2008; recognises that the UK has one of the highest prevalence rates of multiple sclerosis (MS) in the world and that the condition impacts on all aspects of a person's life; notes the current shortage of effective treatments or a cure for MS; supports the exploration of important new avenues of research into MS and other conditions such as Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease, including potential developments in the use of hybrid embryos as part of research; and welcomes the MS Society's growing investment in essential research.

This motion has been signed by a total of 75 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
James Gray	21/04/2008	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Proposed
Ann Cryer	21/04/2008	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	21/04/2008	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Ian Gibson	22/04/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	22/04/2008	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	22/04/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Martin Caton	22/04/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	22/04/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	22/04/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	22/04/2008	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Angus MacNeil	22/04/2008	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Sandra Osborne	22/04/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	22/04/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	22/04/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	22/04/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	22/04/2008	Castle Point	UKIP	Signed
David Simpson	22/04/2008	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Gordon Prentice	22/04/2008	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	23/04/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/04/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	23/04/2008	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Wilshire	23/04/2008	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	23/04/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	23/04/2008	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	23/04/2008	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Battle	23/04/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	23/04/2008	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Andrew George	23/04/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	23/04/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	23/04/2008	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Colin Breed	23/04/2008	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Burgon	23/04/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	23/04/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	23/04/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	24/04/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	24/04/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	24/04/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	24/04/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	24/04/2008	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
David Kidney	24/04/2008	Stafford	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	25/04/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	25/04/2008	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	25/04/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	25/04/2008	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	28/04/2008	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	28/04/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	28/04/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	28/04/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	28/04/2008	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	28/04/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	29/04/2008	Hastings & Rye	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	29/04/2008	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	29/04/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	29/04/2008	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	29/04/2008	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	29/04/2008	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	30/04/2008	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	30/04/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Horam	30/04/2008	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Doug Naysmith	01/05/2008	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	01/05/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	01/05/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/05/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Conway	09/05/2008	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Independent	Signed
Eric Illsley	09/05/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	15/05/2008	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	02/06/2008	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Sammy Wilson	02/06/2008	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Lee Scott	30/06/2008	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Taylor	Unknown			Withdrawn
Nigel Waterson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mark Durkan	Unknown			Withdrawn
Nigel Evans	Unknown			Withdrawn

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