Eu Tobacco Subsidies And Health Policy

EDM number 691 in 1995-96, proposed by John Home Robertson on 29/03/1996.

That this House welcomes the important research in the British Medical Journal citing that European Union tobacco subsidies are a misuse of public funds and reflect fundamental contradictions in EU health policy; agrees that the 1992 reforms of the tobacco subsidy system have had little impact and that two thirds of EU production is of tobacco of low commercial value and is exported to Central and Eastern European and developing countries; notes that the main subsidy to the farmer was increased by about 20 per cent, in 1995 to reach a projected total of 1,106m Ecu in 1996; concurs that it would be much cheaper to give farmers direct income support rather than subsidising them to grow tobacco; notes that the EU spends about 1,000m Ecu (ú800m) a year subsidising tobbacco production but only about 1.55m Ecu (ú1.2m) on smoking prevention and condemns this huge disparity; and calls on the Government to press for the abolition of the EU's indefensible tobacco subsidies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 71 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Home Robertson	29/03/1996	East Lothian		Proposed
Roger Sims	29/03/1996	Chislehurst		Seconded
Martin Smyth	29/03/1996	Belfast South		Seconded
George Foulkes	29/03/1996	Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley		Seconded
Helen Liddell	29/03/1996	Monklands East		Seconded
Simon Hughes	01/04/1996	Southwark and Bermondsey		Seconded
Tony Banks	01/04/1996	Newham North West		Signed
Norman Godman	01/04/1996	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Paul Flynn	01/04/1996	Newport West		Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	01/04/1996	Leigh		Signed
Michael Clapham	01/04/1996	Barnsley West & Penistone		Signed
Kevin McNamara	01/04/1996	Kingston upon Hull North		Signed
William McKelvey	01/04/1996	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McAllion	01/04/1996	Dundee East		Signed
Liz Lynne	01/04/1996	Rochdale		Signed
Lynne Jones	01/04/1996	Birmingham, Selly Oak		Signed
Ernie Ross	01/04/1996	Dundee West		Signed
Terry Davis	02/04/1996	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Kenneth Eastham	02/04/1996	Manchester, Blackley		Signed
John Evans	02/04/1996	St Helens North		Signed
Peter Bottomley	02/04/1996	Eltham		Signed
Paddy Tipping	02/04/1996	Sherwood		Signed
Chris Davies	02/04/1996	Littleborough and Saddleworth		Signed
Bryan Davies	02/04/1996	Oldham Central and Royton		Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/04/1996	Islington North		Signed
Peter Pike	02/04/1996	Burnley		Signed
Ken Purchase	02/04/1996	Wolverhampton North East		Signed
Llew Smith	02/04/1996	Blaenau Gwent		Signed
Ken Livingstone	02/04/1996	Brent East		Signed
Richard Burden	02/04/1996	Birmingham, Northfield		Signed
John Wilkinson	03/04/1996	Ruislip - Northwood		Signed
Mike Watson	03/04/1996	Glasgow Central		Signed
Win Griffiths	03/04/1996	Bridgend		Signed
Keith Bradley	03/04/1996	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Bill Michie	03/04/1996	Sheffield, Heeley		Signed
Diana Maddock	03/04/1996	Christchurch		Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	03/04/1996	Ynys M		Signed
Robert Hughes	03/04/1996	Aberdeen North		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	16/04/1996	Caernarfon		Signed
Hugh Bayley	16/04/1996	York, City of		Signed
Janet Anderson	16/04/1996	Rossendale & Darwen		Signed
Margaret Ewing	16/04/1996	Moray		Signed
Michael Connarty	16/04/1996	Falkirk East		Signed
Ann Clwyd	16/04/1996	Cynon Valley		Signed
Alex Carlile	16/04/1996	Montgomery		Signed
Roland Boyes	16/04/1996	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Helen Jackson	16/04/1996	Sheffield, Hillsborough		Signed
David Rendel	16/04/1996	Newbury		Signed
Jim Wallace	17/04/1996	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Jack Thompson	17/04/1996	Wansbeck		Signed
Mike Hall	17/04/1996	Warrington South		Signed
Archy Kirkwood	17/04/1996	Roxburgh & Berwickshire		Signed
Paul Tyler	18/04/1996	North Cornwall		Signed
Bill Etherington	18/04/1996	Sunderland North		Signed
Ian McCartney	19/04/1996	Makerfield		Signed
Jerry Hayes	23/04/1996	Harlow		Signed
Eric Illsley	23/04/1996	Barnsley Central		Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/04/1996	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy		Signed
Tessa Jowell	24/04/1996	Dulwich		Signed
Anne Campbell	24/04/1996	Cambridge		Signed
Jean Corston	24/04/1996	Bristol East		Signed
John Gunnell	30/04/1996	Leeds South and Morley		Signed
Martyn Jones	30/04/1996	Clwyd South West		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	02/05/1996	Workington		Signed
William McCrea	02/05/1996	Mid Ulster		Signed
Ian Davidson	09/05/1996	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Andrew Faulds	16/05/1996	Warley East		Signed
Nigel Jones	21/05/1996	Cheltenham		Signed
Nick Harvey	22/05/1996	North Devon		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	06/06/1996	Gordon		Signed
Greville Janner	15/07/1996	Leicester West		Signed

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