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Organ Donation

EDM number 882 in 2008-09, proposed by Jeremy Browne on 25/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Health services.

That this House welcomes the recent doubling of the number of registered organ donors to 16 million, but is concerned that this still only constitutes 26 per cent. of the population; is encouraged by research from UK Transplant, which indicates up to 90 per cent. of the population are supportive of organ donation, but is worried that this is not reflected in current donation levels; notes that in the period of April 2008 to February 2009 2,278 people received transplants but 7,875 are still on the waiting list; further notes that 1,000 people a year die whilst waiting for a transplant; supports the right of each individual to refuse to donate their organs after death and to have that wish respected; believes that the best means of respecting those wishes and increasing the number of lives that could be saved by organ donation is to presume consent through an opt-out system; stresses that such an opt-out system would be founded on stringent safeguards including the exclusion of under 18s and respect for the family's wishes as advocated by the Organ Donation (Presumed Consent) Bill; hopes that the Bill will provide a means to increase awareness and debate surrounding organ donation, including in schools and homes across the country; urges all hon. and right hon. Members to support the Bill at its Second Reading on 13 March 2009; and in the meantime encourages all UK citizens to sign up for the NHS Organ Donation Register.

This motion has been signed by a total of 38 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Jeremy Browne25/02/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratProposed
Peter Bottomley25/02/2009Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell25/02/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Mark Durkan25/02/2009FoyleSocial Democratic and Labour PartySeconded
Andrew George25/02/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Andrew Dismore26/02/2009HendonLabourSeconded
Ann Cryer26/02/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Stephen Williams26/02/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen26/02/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
David Taylor26/02/2009North West LeicestershireLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard26/02/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
Paul Flynn26/02/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Annette Brooke26/02/2009Mid Dorset and North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed26/02/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew MacKay26/02/2009BracknellConservativeSigned
Brian Iddon26/02/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
John Pugh26/02/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell27/02/2009Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Mark Hunter27/02/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Devine02/03/2009LivingstonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis03/03/2009Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Gordon Banks03/03/2009Ochil and South PerthshireLabourSigned
John Leech03/03/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Hancock03/03/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis04/03/2009Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Andrew Stunell04/03/2009Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington04/03/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Simpson04/03/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Alan Simpson04/03/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Stephen Pound04/03/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Janet Anderson09/03/2009Rossendale and DarwenLabourSigned
Janet Dean10/03/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell11/03/2009Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Adam Price13/03/2009Carmarthen East and DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Iris Robinson16/03/2009StrangfordDUPSigned
Jo Swinson22/04/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Jabez FosterUnknownWithdrawn
John BercowUnknownWithdrawn

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