<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>16479</id>
<session>1997-98</session>
<number>140A1</number>
<title>Nhs Charges;amdt. Line 1:</title>
<proposer id="10649">Audrey Wise</proposer>
<date>1997-06-19</date>
<text>leave out from 'House' to end and add 'recalls that the Health Committee in the last Parliament, which was chaired by the honourable Member for Broxbourne and had a Conservative majority, concluded that the current system of prescription charges is not logically constructed and recommended that there should be a review of prescription charges and the current exemption categories; therefore regards it as inconsistent for the honourable Lady and her honourable friends to criticise the Prime Minister for leaving the door open on 18th June for such a review to take place; notes that unlike anything that went on when the honourable Lady's party was in Government, every aspect of the review to be carried out by the Labour Government will be assessed against the Labour manifesto commitment to ensure that access to treatment is based on need and need alone, and not related to ability to pay, thus avoiding the possibility that charges might deter people from seeking the treatment they need; and further notes that the review of charges will include looking at the impact of existing charges.'.</text>
<topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10649">Audrey Wise</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Preston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10467">Sandra Osborne</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ayr</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10141">David Crausby</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton North East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10150">Claire Curtis-Thomas</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crosby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10579">Gerry Sutcliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10594">Gareth Thomas</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrow West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10611">Stephen Twigg</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Enfield, Southgate</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10633">Malcolm Wicks</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10650">Mike Wood</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Batley &amp; Spen</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10654">Jimmy Wray</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Baillieston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10656">Tony Wright</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cannock Chase</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10466">Diana Organ</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Forest of Dean</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10455">Doug Naysmith</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bristol North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10480">James Plaskitt</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Warwick &amp; Leamington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10494">Lawrie Quinn</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10496">Bill Rammell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harlow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10532">Brian Sedgemore</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney South &amp; Shoreditch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10266">Sylvia Heal</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halesowen &amp; Rowley Regis</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10330">Ann Keen</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentford &amp; Isleworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10363">Martin Linton</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Battersea</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10440">Margaret Moran</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10390">Shona McIsaac</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cleethorpes</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10419">Robert Marshall-Andrews</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Medway</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10410">Judy Mallaber</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Amber Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10407">Alice Mahon</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halifax</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10402">Fiona Mactaggart</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Slough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1997-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>1997-06-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10275">John Heppell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10280">David Hinchliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wakefield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10346">Ashok Kumar</mp>
		<date>1997-06-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Middlesbrough South &amp; East Cleveland</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>1997-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10077">Colin Burgon</mp>
		<date>1997-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Elmet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10114">Eric Clarke</mp>
		<date>1997-06-25</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1997-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10566">Gerry Steinberg</mp>
		<date>1997-07-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Durham, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10061">Ben Bradshaw</mp>
		<date>1997-07-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Exeter</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10607">Dennis Turner</mp>
		<date>1997-07-29</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10596">Stephen Timms</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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