World Sickle Cell Day

EDM number 1689 in 2008-09, proposed by Diane Abbott on 17/06/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Diseases.

That this House welcomes the United Nations' designation of 19 June 2009 as World Sickle Cell Day; congratulates the Sickle Cell Society on its 30th anniversary; recognises the achievements made by the society in raising awareness of, and improving care for, sickle cell disease in the UK; notes this recognition of sickle cell disease as both a global public health problem as well as a serious health problem in the UK; and calls on the Government to continue its funding of newborn and antenatal NHS screening for this disease and to increase support for the development of sickle cell care services.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Diane Abbott	17/06/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	17/06/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Glenda Jackson	18/06/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Seconded
David Drew	18/06/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Lynne Jones	18/06/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	18/06/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	19/06/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	22/06/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	22/06/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/06/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	22/06/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	22/06/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	22/06/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/06/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	22/06/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	22/06/2009	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	23/06/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/06/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	23/06/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	23/06/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	23/06/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	23/06/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	23/06/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	24/06/2009	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	24/06/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	24/06/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	24/06/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/06/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	25/06/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Angus MacNeil	25/06/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Hamilton	26/06/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
John Leech	29/06/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	29/06/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/06/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
Rudi Vis	01/07/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	01/07/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	01/07/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Tim Boswell	02/07/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Bill Etherington	02/07/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	02/07/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	07/07/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	09/07/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	14/07/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	14/07/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	20/07/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Eric Illsley	20/07/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	21/07/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	21/07/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	21/07/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	13/10/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed

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