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<id>16461</id>
<session>1997-98</session>
<number>140</number>
<title>Nhs Charges</title>
<proposer id="10509">Marion Roe</proposer>
<date>1997-06-18</date>
<text>That this House notes with dismay that the Prime Minister would not rule out during Prime Minister's Questions on Wednesday 18 June NHS prescription charges for pensioners, hospital 'hotel' charges and charges for GP home visits; and reminds the Prime Minister that this is a direct betrayal of his Party's election pledges.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10509">Marion Roe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Broxbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10079">Simon Burns</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>West Chelmsford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10056">Tim Boswell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Daventry</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10082">John Butterfill</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Bournemouth West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10636">John Wilkinson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Ruislip - Northwood</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10242">John Greenway</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ryedale</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10214">Christopher Fraser</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Dorset &amp; North Poole</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10194">Michael Fallon</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sevenoaks</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10190">Nigel Evans</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ribble Valley</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10111">Michael Clark</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Rayleigh</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10257">Philip Hammond</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Runnymede &amp; Weybridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10010">Michael Ancram</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Devizes</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10023">Tony Baldry</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Banbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10040">John Bercow</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Buckingham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10575">Gary Streeter</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South West Devon</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10637">David Willetts</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Havant</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10651">Shaun Woodward</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Witney</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10106">James Clappison</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hertsmere</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10099">Sydney Chapman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chipping Barnet</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10520">David Ruffley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury St Edmunds</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10524">Nick St Aubyn</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Guildford</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10301">Andrew Hunter</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basingstoke</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10348">Eleanor Laing</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Epping Forest</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10349">Andrew Lansley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Cambridgeshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10358">Julian Lewis</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>New Forest East</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10373">Peter Luff</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Mid Worcestershire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10409">Humfrey Malins</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Woking</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10456">Patrick Nicholls</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Teignbridge</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10062">Graham Brady</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Altrincham &amp; Sale West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10065">Julian Brazier</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Canterbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10073">Ian Bruce</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Dorset</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10624">Nigel Waterson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10601">John Townend</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Yorkshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10582">Robert Syms</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Poole</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10240">James Gray</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Wiltshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10192">David Faber</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10125">Tim Collins</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Westmorland &amp; Lonsdale</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10371">Tim Loughton</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Worthing &amp; Shoreham</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10051">Crispin Blunt</mp>
		<date>1997-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Reigate</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10127">Michael Colvin</mp>
		<date>1997-06-26</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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