Courage Campaign For Patients With Radiotherapy Damage

EDM number 512 in 1997-98, proposed by Hazel Blears on 27/11/1997.

That this House is appalled to learn of the plight of cancer patients treated at many United Kingdom hospitals who have suffered serious radiotherapy injuries which have resulted in patients incurring bowel, bladder and other damage which has made their lives intolerable; understands that some injuries are so traumatic that patients have trieds to commit suicide, family relationships have been shattered and children have had to be fostered while their mothers are in hospital for long periods; is shocked and concerned at the lack of relevant information given to patients about possible adverse effects before during and after radiotherapy and that there is no counselling offered to patients or their families; congratulates COURAGE on their continuing campaign to achieve proper recognition for their members who have been injured by radiotherapy; warmly welcomes the support and encouragement recently expressed by Baroness Jay; and calls upon the Secretary of State for Health to set up an immediate inquiry into these issues and to take steps to improve the information and treatment available to patients.

This motion has been signed by a total of 157 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Hazel Blears	27/11/1997	Salford	Labour	Proposed
Dari Taylor	27/11/1997	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	27/11/1997	Wythenshawe & Sale East	Labour	Signed
Barbara Follett	27/11/1997	Stevenage	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	27/11/1997	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Beverley Hughes	27/11/1997	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	28/11/1997	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Austin	28/11/1997	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	28/11/1997	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Godman	28/11/1997	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	28/11/1997	Leigh	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	28/11/1997	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	28/11/1997	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Gillian Merron	28/11/1997	Lincoln	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	28/11/1997	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	01/12/1997	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Edward Davey	01/12/1997	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	01/12/1997	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Robert Wareing	02/12/1997	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Roseanna Cunningham	02/12/1997	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Kevin McNamara	02/12/1997	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	02/12/1997	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Eric Illsley	02/12/1997	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	02/12/1997	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	02/12/1997	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	03/12/1997	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Jenny Tonge	03/12/1997	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Stewart	03/12/1997	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	03/12/1997	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Maria Eagle	03/12/1997	Liverpool, Garston	Labour	Signed
Valerie Davey	03/12/1997	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	03/12/1997	Easington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	03/12/1997	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	03/12/1997	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Tess Kingham	03/12/1997	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Melanie Johnson	03/12/1997	Welwyn Hatfield	Labour	Signed
Joan Ryan	03/12/1997	Enfield North	Labour	Signed
Colin Pickthall	03/12/1997	West Lancashire	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/12/1997	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	05/12/1997	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	08/12/1997	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	08/12/1997	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/12/1997	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Flynn	11/12/1997	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/12/1997	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Ivan Lewis	15/12/1997	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/12/1997	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jeff Ennis	18/12/1997	Barnsley East & Mexborough	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	22/12/1997	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	22/12/1997	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Julia Drown	22/12/1997	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Martin O'Neill	22/12/1997	Ochil	Labour	Signed
Oliver Letwin	22/12/1997	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Brian Iddon	22/12/1997	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Marion Roe	22/12/1997	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Donald Anderson	12/01/1998	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Eileen Gordon	12/01/1998	Romford	Labour	Signed
Jim Fitzpatrick	12/01/1998	Poplar & Canning Town	Labour	Signed
Margaret Ewing	12/01/1998	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	12/01/1998	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	12/01/1998	Glasgow, Pollok	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jim Cunningham	12/01/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	12/01/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	12/01/1998	Putney	Labour	Signed
Iain Coleman	12/01/1998	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
Joe Ashton	12/01/1998	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Roy Beggs	12/01/1998	East Antrim	UUP	Signed
Mike Wood	12/01/1998	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	12/01/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Alan Whitehead	12/01/1998	Southampton, Test	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	12/01/1998	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	12/01/1998	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	12/01/1998	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Swinney	12/01/1998	North Tayside	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Borrow	12/01/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	12/01/1998	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Tony Benn	12/01/1998	Chesterfield	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	12/01/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Eric Clarke	12/01/1998	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	12/01/1998	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	12/01/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Phil Hope	12/01/1998	Corby	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Jacqui Smith	12/01/1998	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	12/01/1998	Basildon	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Chris Ruane	12/01/1998	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	12/01/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	12/01/1998	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Linda Perham	12/01/1998	Ilford North	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	12/01/1998	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Peter Pike	12/01/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Ieuan Wyn Jones	12/01/1998	Ynys M	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Piara S Khabra	12/01/1998	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Ian Cawsey	12/01/1998	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	12/01/1998	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Alasdair Morgan	12/01/1998	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Scottish National Party	Signed
Austin Mitchell	12/01/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	12/01/1998	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	12/01/1998	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	12/01/1998	Medway	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	12/01/1998	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	12/01/1998	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Levitt	12/01/1998	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Brian White	13/01/1998	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	13/01/1998	Halton	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	13/01/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Humble	13/01/1998	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Kerry Pollard	13/01/1998	St Albans	Labour	Signed
Barry Gardiner	14/01/1998	Brent North	Labour	Signed
Robert McCartney	14/01/1998	North Down	UKUP	Signed
Ken Livingstone	14/01/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	14/01/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Alan Hurst	14/01/1998	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	14/01/1998	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	15/01/1998	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	15/01/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	15/01/1998	Lagan Valley	UUP	Signed
Martin Caton	15/01/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	15/01/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Ruth Kelly	15/01/1998	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
Bill Rammell	15/01/1998	Harlow	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	16/01/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	16/01/1998	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Louise Ellman	16/01/1998	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Cryer	16/01/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ben Bradshaw	16/01/1998	Exeter	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	16/01/1998	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Barry Sheerman	19/01/1998	Huddersfield	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	20/01/1998	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	20/01/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Liz Blackman	20/01/1998	Erewash	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	20/01/1998	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Laura Moffatt	20/01/1998	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Allan Rogers	20/01/1998	Rhondda	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	21/01/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	22/01/1998	Selby	Labour	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	22/01/1998	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Keith Darvill	23/01/1998	Upminster	Labour	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	26/01/1998	Crosby	Labour	Signed
Andy King	29/01/1998	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	03/02/1998	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	05/02/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Jenny Jones	05/02/1998	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	09/02/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	10/02/1998	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	16/02/1998	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Clapham	23/02/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	26/02/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Tyler	03/03/1998	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ivan Henderson	05/03/1998	Harwich	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	11/03/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	18/03/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Andrew Hunter	31/03/1998	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	06/04/1998	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Christine Butler	29/04/1998	Castle Point	Labour	Signed
Christopher Leslie	30/07/1998	Shipley	Labour	Signed
Margaret Hodge	Unknown			Withdrawn
Patricia Hewitt	Unknown			Withdrawn

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