<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><edm>
<id>16395</id>
<session>1997-98</session>
<number>82</number>
<title>Carers</title>
<proposer id="10633">Malcolm Wicks</proposer>
<date>1997-06-06</date>
<text>That this House recognises the immense contribution that the United Kingdom's 6-8 million carers make in caring for people who are elderly, sick or disabled; and congratulates Carers National Association, the national voice of carers, on organising National Carers Week 1997 and launching a nationwide local call advice and information line for carers.</text>
<topics>
</topics>
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	<signature>
		<mp id="10633">Malcolm Wicks</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Croydon North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10080">Paul Burstow</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sutton &amp; Cheam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10127">Michael Colvin</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romsey</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10170">Jim Dobbin</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Heywood &amp; Middleton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10181">Gwyneth Dunwoody</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Crewe &amp; Nantwich</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10191">Margaret Ewing</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Moray</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10590">Matthew Taylor</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Truro &amp; St Austell</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10635">Dafydd Wigley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Caernarfon</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10647">Nicholas Winterton</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Macclesfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10464">Martin O'Neill</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ochil</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10430">Gillian Merron</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lincoln</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10442">Julie Morgan</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cardiff North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10515">Andrew Rowe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Faversham &amp; Mid Kent</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10553">Martin Smyth</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Belfast South</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10562">Rachel Squire</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dunfermline West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10266">Sylvia Heal</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Halesowen &amp; Rowley Regis</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10337">Piara S Khabra</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing, Southall</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10345">Archy Kirkwood</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Roxburgh &amp; Berwickshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10365">Richard Livsey</mp>
		<date>1997-06-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brecon &amp; Radnorshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10230">Norman Godman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Greenock &amp; Inverclyde</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10231">Roger Godsiff</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Sparkbrook &amp; Small Heath</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10235">Eileen Gordon</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Romford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10001">Diane Abbott</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney North &amp; Stoke Newington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10250">John Gunnell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morley &amp; Rothwell</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10196">Ronnie Fearn</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southport</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10169">Andrew Dismore</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hendon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10164">Hilton Dawson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lancaster &amp; Wyre</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10138">Tom Cox</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tooting</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10128">Michael Connarty</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falkirk East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10114">Eric Clarke</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Midlothian</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10101">David Chidgey</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Eastleigh</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10258">Mike Hancock</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Portsmouth South</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10021">John Austin</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Erith &amp; Thamesmead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10640">Betty Williams</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10639">Alan Williams</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Swansea West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10630">Alan Whitehead</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Southampton, Test</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10614">Keith Vaz</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leicester East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10597">Paddy Tipping</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sherwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10586">David Taylor</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North West Leicestershire</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10577">Gisela Stuart</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Edgbaston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10056">Tim Boswell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Daventry</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10033">Roy Beggs</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Antrim</constituency>
		<party>UUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10032">Anne Begg</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Aberdeen South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10024">Jackie Ballard</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Taunton</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10642">Michael Wills</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Swindon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10474">Ian Pearson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dudley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10317">Barry Jones</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Alyn &amp; Deeside</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10280">David Hinchliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wakefield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10559">Caroline Spelman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meriden</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10556">Clive Soley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10550">John Smith</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Glamorgan</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10546">Angela Smith</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Basildon</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10534">Barry Sheerman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Huddersfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10532">Brian Sedgemore</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hackney South &amp; Shoreditch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10522">Christine Russell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chester, City of</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10513">Ernie Ross</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10484">Stephen Pound</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ealing North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10327">Gerald Kaufman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Manchester, Gorton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10099">Sydney Chapman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Chipping Barnet</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10084">Vincent Cable</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Twickenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10064">Peter Brand</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Isle of Wight</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10435">Andrew Miller</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ellesmere Port &amp; Neston</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10432">Bill Michie</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Heeley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10390">Shona McIsaac</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cleethorpes</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10353">David Lepper</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Pavilion</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10332">Ruth Kelly</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10333">Fraser Kemp</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Houghton &amp; Washington East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10336">Robert Key</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Salisbury</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10338">David Kidney</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stafford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10343">Tess Kingham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gloucester</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10026">Harry Barnes</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North East Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10017">Candy Atherton</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Falmouth &amp; Camborne</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10215">Maria Fyfe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Glasgow, Maryhill</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10204">Barbara Follett</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stevenage</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10184">Huw Edwards</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Monmouth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10145">Lawrence Cunliffe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leigh</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10123">Harry Cohen</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leyton &amp; Wanstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10594">Gareth Thomas</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrow West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10657">Derek Wyatt</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sittingbourne &amp; Sheppey</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10646">Ann Winterton</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Congleton</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10623">Robert Wareing</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Liverpool, West Derby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10618">Jim Wallace</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Orkney &amp; Shetland</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10612">Paul Tyler</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10608">Desmond Turner</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brighton, Kemptown</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10607">Dennis Turner</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wolverhampton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10598">Mark Todd</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Derbyshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10094">Roger Casale</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wimbledon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10077">Colin Burgon</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Elmet</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10305">Eric Illsley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley Central</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10299">Joan Humble</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool North &amp; Fleetwood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10518">Chris Ruane</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Vale of Clwyd</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10509">Marion Roe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Broxbourne</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10502">David Rendel</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Newbury</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10490">David Prior</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Norfolk</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10472">Nick Palmer</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Broxtowe</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10479">Peter Pike</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burnley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10309">Helen Jackson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Hillsborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10330">Ann Keen</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brentford &amp; Isleworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10066">Colin Breed</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South East Cornwall</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10463">Bill Olner</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nuneaton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10441">Alasdair Morgan</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Galloway &amp; Upper Nithsdale</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10433">Ray Michie</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Argyll &amp; Bute</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10375">John McAllion</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dundee East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10364">Ken Livingstone</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10359">Terry Lewis</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worsley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10356">Tom Levitt</mp>
		<date>1997-06-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>High Peak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10144">John Cummings</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Easington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10147">Jim Cunningham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Coventry South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10148">Roseanna Cunningham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Perth</constituency>
		<party>Scottish National Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10158">Denzil Davies</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Llanelli</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10166">Janet Dean</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Burton</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10193">Michael Fabricant</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lichfield</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10223">Bruce George</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walsall South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10237">Donald Gorrie</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edinburgh West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10238">Tommy Graham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Renfrewshire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10571">Howard Stoate</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Dartford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10604">Jon Trickett</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemsworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10132">Robin Corbett</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Erdington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10063">Tom Brake</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Carshalton &amp; Wallington</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10060">Peter Bradley</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wrekin, The</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10527">Adrian Sanders</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Torbay</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10544">Dennis Skinner</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolsover</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10313">Brian Jenkins</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tamworth</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10315">Melanie Johnson</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Welwyn Hatfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10320">Ieuan Wyn Jones</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ynys M</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10325">Nigel Jones</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cheltenham</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10328">Sally Keeble</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northampton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10329">Alan Keen</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Feltham &amp; Heston</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10368">Elfyn Llwyd</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Meirionnydd Nant Conwy</constituency>
		<party>Plaid Cymru</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10393">Andrew MacKinlay</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Thurrock</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10380">Robert McCartney</mp>
		<date>1997-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Down</constituency>
		<party>UKUP</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10081">Christine Butler</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Castle Point</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10105">Michael Clapham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley West &amp; Penistone</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10188">Jeff Ennis</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Barnsley East &amp; Mexborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10222">Andrew George</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Ives</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10043">Roger Berry</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingswood</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10570">Paul Stinchcombe</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wellingborough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10578">Andrew Stunell</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hazel Grove</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10439">Michael Moore</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Tweeddale, Ettrick &amp; Lauderdale</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10399">Kevin McNamara</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10478">Colin Pickthall</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>West Lancashire</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10476">Linda Perham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ilford North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10494">Lawrie Quinn</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Scarborough &amp; Whitby</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10549">Jacqui Smith</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Redditch</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10304">Brian Iddon</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bolton South East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10402">Fiona Mactaggart</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Slough</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10410">Judy Mallaber</mp>
		<date>1997-06-12</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Amber Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10042">Gerry Bermingham</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>St Helens South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10202">Caroline Flint</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Don Valley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10177">David Drew</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Stroud</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10093">Ivor Caplin</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hove</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10076">Richard Burden</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Northfield</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10440">Margaret Moran</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Luton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10385">Eddie McGrady</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Down</constituency>
		<party>Social Democratic and Labour Party</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10422">Michael Mates</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>East Hampshire</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10334">Charles Kennedy</mp>
		<date>1997-06-16</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Ross, Skye &amp; Inverness West</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10126">Tony Colman</mp>
		<date>1997-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Putney</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10136">Brian Cotter</mp>
		<date>1997-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Weston-Super-Mare</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10224">Neil Gerrard</mp>
		<date>1997-06-17</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Walthamstow</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10462">Edward O'Hara</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Knowsley South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10324">Martyn Jones</mp>
		<date>1997-06-18</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Clwyd South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10189">Bill Etherington</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sunderland North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</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="10331">Paul Keetch</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hereford</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10277">Stephen Hesford</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wirral West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10548">Geraldine Smith</mp>
		<date>1997-06-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Morecambe &amp; Lunesdale</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10121">Vernon Coaker</mp>
		<date>1997-06-23</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gedling</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10415">Gordon Marsden</mp>
		<date>1997-06-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Blackpool South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10087">Anne Campbell</mp>
		<date>1997-07-01</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Cambridge</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10626">Steve Webb</mp>
		<date>1997-07-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northavon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</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="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>1997-07-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10220">Barry Gardiner</mp>
		<date>1997-07-08</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Brent North</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="10543">Marsha Singh</mp>
		<date>1997-07-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bradford West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10262">Nick Harvey</mp>
		<date>1997-07-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>North Devon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10131">Yvette Cooper</mp>
		<date>1997-07-31</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Pontefract &amp; Castleford</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10034">Alan Beith</mp>
		<date>1997-10-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Berwick-upon-Tweed</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10022">Norman Baker</mp>
		<date>1997-10-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Lewes</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10074">Malcolm Bruce</mp>
		<date>1997-10-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gordon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10465">Lembit </mp>
		<date>1997-10-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Montgomeryshire</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10372">Andrew Love</mp>
		<date>1997-10-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Edmonton</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10482">Chris Pond</mp>
		<date>1997-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Gravesham</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10599">Jenny Tonge</mp>
		<date>1997-10-30</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Richmond Park</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10232">Paul Goggins</mp>
		<date>1997-11-03</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Wythenshawe &amp; Sale East</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10600">Don Touhig</mp>
		<date>1997-11-06</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islwyn</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10314">Alan Johnson</mp>
		<date>1997-11-07</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Kingston upon Hull West &amp; Hessle</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10357">Ivan Lewis</mp>
		<date>1997-11-10</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Bury South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10641">Phil Willis</mp>
		<date>1997-11-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Harrogate &amp; Knaresborough</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>1997-11-20</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10403">Tony McWalter</mp>
		<date>1997-11-24</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hemel Hempstead</constituency>
		<party>Labour Co-operative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10117">Tony Clarke</mp>
		<date>1997-11-27</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Northampton South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10261">Evan Harris</mp>
		<date>1997-12-02</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Oxford West &amp; Abingdon</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10007">Richard Allan</mp>
		<date>1997-12-19</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Sheffield, Hallam</constituency>
		<party>Liberal Democrat</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10044">Harold Best</mp>
		<date>1998-01-21</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Leeds North West</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10178">Julia Drown</mp>
		<date>1998-01-22</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>South Swindon</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10209">Michael Foster</mp>
		<date>1998-06-11</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Worcester</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10428">Alan Meale</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10113">Charles Clarke</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10278">Patricia Hewitt</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10281">Margaret Hodge</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10382">Calum Macdonald</mp>
		<date></date>
		<type>Withdrawn</type>
		<constituency></constituency>
		<party></party>
	</signature>
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