Incidence Of Bowel Cancer

EDM number 916 in 1997-98, proposed by Robert Maclennan on 05/03/1998.

That this House notes with concern that cancer is now the number one killer disease in the UK and that bowel cancer is the second most common cause of cancer death after lung cancer with some 18,000 deaths caused by it each year, that while it is rare in those aged under 40 years, age-specific rates rise continuously and steeply after the age of 50, that research indicates that while it is likely that genetic factors are involved in the development of bowel cancer the majority of cases occur sporadically and that lifestyle factors are likely to be highly significant, and that leading international experts agree that a diet rich in cereal fibre is protective against bowel cancer; congratulates the Cancer Research Campaign and Kellogg's on the joint initiative to raise awareness of the incidence of bowel cancer in this country and highlight the role a fibre-rich diet can play in helping to protect individuals simply and cost-effectively against this disease; and believing that prevention is better than cure, urges the Government to support this initiative and make the reduction of bowel cancer a priority.

This motion has been signed by a total of 123 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Robert Maclennan	05/03/1998	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Marion Roe	05/03/1998	Broxbourne	Conservative	Signed
Peter Brand	05/03/1998	Isle of Wight	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Yvette Cooper	05/03/1998	Pontefract & Castleford	Labour	Signed
Dafydd Wigley	05/03/1998	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Barnes	06/03/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	06/03/1998	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Caroline Flint	06/03/1998	Don Valley	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	06/03/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	06/03/1998	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	09/03/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Gareth Thomas	09/03/1998	Harrow West	Labour	Signed
Linda Gilroy	09/03/1998	Plymouth, Sutton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Tom Brake	09/03/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	09/03/1998	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Ashok Kumar	09/03/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/03/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	09/03/1998	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Russell	09/03/1998	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clifford Forsythe	10/03/1998	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Valerie Davey	10/03/1998	Bristol West	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	10/03/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/03/1998	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Vincent Cable	10/03/1998	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Oaten	10/03/1998	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ray Michie	10/03/1998	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	10/03/1998	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	10/03/1998	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	10/03/1998	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	11/03/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Jackie Ballard	11/03/1998	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	11/03/1998	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Wallace	11/03/1998	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	11/03/1998	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	11/03/1998	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Davis	11/03/1998	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Edward Davey	11/03/1998	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	11/03/1998	Easington	Labour	Signed
Tom Cox	11/03/1998	Tooting	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	11/03/1998	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	11/03/1998	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	11/03/1998	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	12/03/1998	Islwyn	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	12/03/1998	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	12/03/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	12/03/1998	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Wilkinson	13/03/1998	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	13/03/1998	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	13/03/1998	Crewe & Nantwich	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	13/03/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	13/03/1998	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	16/03/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	16/03/1998	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
William Thompson	16/03/1998	West Tyrone	UUP	Signed
David Borrow	16/03/1998	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	16/03/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	16/03/1998	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Robin Corbett	16/03/1998	Birmingham, Erdington	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	16/03/1998	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Barry Jones	16/03/1998	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Ernie Ross	16/03/1998	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Dennis Turner	17/03/1998	Wolverhampton South East	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	17/03/1998	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gerry Bermingham	17/03/1998	St Helens South	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Fearn	17/03/1998	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bradley	17/03/1998	Wrekin, The	Labour	Signed
Lembit	17/03/1998	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Mates	17/03/1998	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Beverley Hughes	17/03/1998	Stretford & Urmston	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	18/03/1998	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eileen Gordon	18/03/1998	Romford	Labour	Signed
Llin Golding	18/03/1998	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	18/03/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	18/03/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Oliver Letwin	18/03/1998	West Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Fraser Kemp	18/03/1998	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Caroline Spelman	18/03/1998	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	19/03/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	19/03/1998	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	19/03/1998	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Andrew Dismore	20/03/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	20/03/1998	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	23/03/1998	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/03/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	23/03/1998	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Love	23/03/1998	Edmonton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Jones	23/03/1998	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hume	23/03/1998	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Randall	23/03/1998	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	24/03/1998	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	25/03/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	26/03/1998	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Candy Atherton	26/03/1998	Falmouth & Camborne	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	27/03/1998	Gower	Labour	Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	30/03/1998	Workington	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	30/03/1998	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Evan Harris	31/03/1998	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McAllion	31/03/1998	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	31/03/1998	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Judith Church	01/04/1998	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	01/04/1998	Burton	Labour	Signed
Michael Colvin	06/04/1998	Romsey	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	06/04/1998	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Ruth Kelly	06/04/1998	Bolton West	Labour	Signed
David Rendel	20/04/1998	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sandra Osborne	20/04/1998	Ayr	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	22/04/1998	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Crausby	23/04/1998	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	24/04/1998	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Donald Gorrie	24/04/1998	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heath	29/04/1998	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Pike	05/05/1998	Burnley	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	05/05/1998	West Aberdeenshire & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Drown	12/05/1998	South Swindon	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	12/05/1998	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	21/05/1998	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	21/05/1998	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ivan Lewis	16/06/1998	Bury South	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	17/07/1998	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gisela Stuart	19/10/1998	Birmingham, Edgbaston	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	22/10/1998	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Ross Cranston	Unknown			Withdrawn
Roy Beggs	Unknown			Withdrawn

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