Free Prescriptions For Long-Term Conditions (EDM566)

Free Prescriptions For Long-Term Conditions

EDM number 566 in 2008-09, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 26/01/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Health education and preventive medicine.

That this House is concerned that large numbers of people with long-term conditions are struggling to afford vital medication and that some are unable to pay; welcomes the commitment given by the Prime Minister in September 2008 to abolish prescription charges for people with cancer from April 2009 and for people with long-term conditions over the next few years; notes that the new Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme will deliver substantial savings to the NHS drugs budget; further welcomes the announcement that Professor Ian Gilmore will conduct a review to consider how to implement this policy; and supports the Campaign for Free Prescriptions for Long-term Conditions in urging the Government to abolish prescription charges for all people with all long-term conditions before the next General Election.

This motion has been signed by a total of 186 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	26/01/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
Norman Lamb	26/01/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	26/01/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Bob Russell	26/01/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	26/01/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	26/01/2009	Keighley	Labour	Seconded
Evan Harris	26/01/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	26/01/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/01/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	27/01/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	27/01/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	27/01/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	27/01/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	27/01/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/01/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	27/01/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/01/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	27/01/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	27/01/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	27/01/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	27/01/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Taylor	27/01/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	27/01/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Desmond Turner	27/01/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	27/01/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/01/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hunter	27/01/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	28/01/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	28/01/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	28/01/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	28/01/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	28/01/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	28/01/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	28/01/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	28/01/2009	Harrogate and Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	28/01/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Williams	28/01/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	29/01/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Laws	29/01/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward O'Hara	29/01/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
David Drew	29/01/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	29/01/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	02/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	02/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	02/02/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	02/02/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	02/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	02/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	03/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Ian McCartney	04/02/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	04/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	05/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Anderson	05/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	05/02/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
John Austin	09/02/2009	Erith and Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	10/02/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	10/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	11/02/2009	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	23/02/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Crausby	23/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Andy Reed	05/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	10/03/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	11/03/2009	North East Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/03/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Tom Levitt	17/03/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	17/03/2009	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	19/03/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	20/03/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	20/03/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Laxton	24/03/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	26/03/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	31/03/2009	Blackpool North and Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	01/04/2009	Hackney North and Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Browne	01/04/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	02/04/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Adam Price	20/04/2009	Carmarthen East and Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Kate Hoey	20/04/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	20/04/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	20/04/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	21/04/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Burden	21/04/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/04/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Marsha Singh	23/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	23/04/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	24/04/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	24/04/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	27/04/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Christopher Huhne	28/04/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Linda Riordan	29/04/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	05/05/2009	West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Howarth	05/05/2009	Knowsley North and Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	05/05/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	05/05/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	08/05/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	11/05/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
John Mann	13/05/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	14/05/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Lorely Burt	14/05/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	15/05/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	15/05/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	15/05/2009	Esher and Walton	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	20/05/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	21/05/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	01/06/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Roger Berry	02/06/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	03/06/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	04/06/2009	Hampstead and Highgate	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	08/06/2009	Morley and Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	09/06/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	09/06/2009	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	09/06/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	09/06/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	10/06/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	10/06/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	10/06/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	12/06/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	15/06/2009	Warwick and Leamington	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	15/06/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
David Amess	15/06/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	15/06/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Doug Naysmith	16/06/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	18/06/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Clare Short	19/06/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	19/06/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
George Galloway	22/06/2009	Bethnal Green and Bow	Respect	Signed
Judy Mallaber	23/06/2009	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/06/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Roger Godsiff	23/06/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook and Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Robert Syms	24/06/2009	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Jim McGovern	24/06/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	25/06/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	25/06/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Gapes	25/06/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	25/06/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Stephen Pound	30/06/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	30/06/2009	Kingston and Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davis	01/07/2009	Haltemprice and Howden	Conservative	Signed
Robert Walter	01/07/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Anthony D Wright	01/07/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	02/07/2009	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	02/07/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	06/07/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	06/07/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	07/07/2009	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	08/07/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Lembit	08/07/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Moffat	09/07/2009	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
John Gummer	13/07/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Nicholas Soames	14/07/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
John Greenway	14/07/2009	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	15/07/2009	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Keen	16/07/2009	Feltham and Heston	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	20/07/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Palmer	12/10/2009	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	12/10/2009	Sutton and Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	12/10/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	12/10/2009	Falmouth and Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	13/10/2009	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	13/10/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	13/10/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	13/10/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	13/10/2009	Maidstone and The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/10/2009	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Adam Holloway	13/10/2009	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Martin Horwood	13/10/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Willie Rennie	13/10/2009	Dunfermline and West Fife	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	14/10/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	16/10/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/10/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	22/10/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	26/10/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Denis Murphy	27/10/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
Angus Robertson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mike Weir	Unknown			Withdrawn
Pete Wishart	Unknown			Withdrawn
Stewart Hosie	Unknown			Withdrawn

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