Premature Births

EDM number 105 in 2008-09, proposed by David Anderson on 04/12/2008.
Categorised under the topic of Health education and preventive medicine.

That this House recognises that every year around 50,000 babies are born prematurely in the UK; acknowledges that premature birth can lead to lifelong conditions as well as being a significant contributor to infant mortality; and urges all hon. Members to back the call by the charity Action Medical Research to the Department of Health and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills urgently to develop a 10-year national research strategy in order to understand the causes of premature birth and to stop unnecessary suffering.

This motion has been signed by a total of 83 MPs, 3 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Anderson	04/12/2008	Blaydon	Labour	Proposed
Brian H Donohoe	04/12/2008	Ayrshire Central	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	04/12/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	04/12/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	04/12/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	04/12/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Alan Beith	08/12/2008	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Touhig	08/12/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	08/12/2008	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	08/12/2008	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	08/12/2008	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2008	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	08/12/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	08/12/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Bob Spink	08/12/2008	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Evan Harris	08/12/2008	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	08/12/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	08/12/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2008	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	08/12/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	09/12/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	09/12/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	09/12/2008	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	09/12/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Gregory Campbell	09/12/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Andrew Miller	09/12/2008	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Tim Loughton	09/12/2008	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/12/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	10/12/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Paul Rowen	10/12/2008	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	10/12/2008	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	10/12/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/12/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/12/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	10/12/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Nick Harvey	10/12/2008	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	11/12/2008	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
David Amess	11/12/2008	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	11/12/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	11/12/2008	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	15/12/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	15/12/2008	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	15/12/2008	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	15/12/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	15/12/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	15/12/2008	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	15/12/2008	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	16/12/2008	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	16/12/2008	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/12/2008	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	16/12/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
John Austin	17/12/2008	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	18/12/2008	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris McCafferty	12/01/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	12/01/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	14/01/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Butterfill	15/01/2009	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Martin Salter	19/01/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
John Leech	19/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	20/01/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Todd	21/01/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Charles Kennedy	21/01/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	22/01/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	26/01/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	26/01/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	27/01/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	28/01/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	24/02/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	02/03/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Kim Howells	19/03/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	20/03/2009	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	20/03/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Russell Brown	06/05/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	11/11/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
John Heppell	Unknown			Withdrawn

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