International Day Of The Midwife

EDM number 1230 in 1997-98, proposed by Julia Drown on 21/04/1998.

That this House notes that International Day of the Midwife falls on 5 May, when midwives throughout the United Kingdom will be taking part in activities to highlight the skills and commitment of the midwifery profession and to promote Safe Motherhood in the United Kingdom and throughout the world; notes that members of the Royal College of Midwives have raised ú140,000 over the past five years through local and national fundraising for international projects providing better health education in local communities and greater access to midwifery care in Ghana, Lebanon, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Tanzania, Botswana and Indonesia; and urges honourable Members to support local RCM branches in their constituencies in their promotional and fund-raising activities on International Day of the Midwife.

This motion has been signed by a total of 86 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Julia Drown	21/04/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Proposed
Valerie Davey	22/04/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	22/04/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	22/04/1998	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Richard Livsey	22/04/1998	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	22/04/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	22/04/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	22/04/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ernie Ross	22/04/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/04/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	23/04/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	23/04/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/04/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ashok Kumar	23/04/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	23/04/1998	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Harry Barnes	24/04/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	24/04/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	24/04/1998	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	27/04/1998	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Ann Cryer	27/04/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	27/04/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Peter Bradley	27/04/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Laura Moffatt	27/04/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	27/04/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	27/04/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Helen Southworth	27/04/1998	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	28/04/1998	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	28/04/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	28/04/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	28/04/1998	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	28/04/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	28/04/1998	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	28/04/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
David Drew	28/04/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	28/04/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	28/04/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Jacqui Smith	28/04/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	28/04/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ivan Henderson	28/04/1998	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	28/04/1998	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	28/04/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	28/04/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	29/04/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	29/04/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	29/04/1998	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Edward Davey	29/04/1998	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	29/04/1998	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Mike Hancock	29/04/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	29/04/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andy King	29/04/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Debra Shipley	29/04/1998	Stourbridge	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	29/04/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	29/04/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	29/04/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Sally Keeble	29/04/1998	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Ann Keen	29/04/1998	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	30/04/1998	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Jim Wallace	30/04/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Truswell	30/04/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	30/04/1998	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	30/04/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	30/04/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	30/04/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Andrew Lansley	30/04/1998	South Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Jenny Jones	30/04/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Sylvia Heal	30/04/1998	Halesowen & Rowley Regis	Labour	Signed
Alice Mahon	05/05/1998	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Teddy Taylor	07/05/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	07/05/1998	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	11/05/1998	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Phil Willis	11/05/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	12/05/1998	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	12/05/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	13/05/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	20/05/1998	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/05/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	21/05/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Ray Michie	01/06/1998	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kerry Pollard	01/06/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	02/06/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	02/06/1998	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Oliver Letwin	03/06/1998	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/06/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	18/06/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	16/07/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	27/07/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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