Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive

EDM number 279 in 2002-03, proposed by Brian Iddon on 04/12/2002.

That this House notes that the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive is currently being considered by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; observes that despite amendments passed by the Parliament the Directive would require dossiers to be submitted to the Medicines Control Agency for registration purposes and that the pharmaceutical standard testing required in producing those dossiers would impose costs of tens of thousands of pounds per product on manufacturers; further observes that in many cases the commercial value of specialist products being distributed through specialist retailers is such that producing such dossiers is prohibitively expensive; regrets that even as amended the Directive would not allow onto the market any overseas product which had not been on the European market for 10 years even if it were demonstrably safe and had been used for centuries; further oberves that the Council of Ministers is unlikely to accept all the amendments passed by the Parliament and that the finalised Directive will, therefore, lead to the loss of many existing popular herbal remedies and will undermine consumer protection as products continue to be available from overseas by mail-order with no quality or hygiene controls or in the United Kingdom at high cost from unlicensed and unregulated herbal practitioners; and urges the Secretary of State for Health to renegotiate the main provisions of this flawed Directive so that it does not put out of business specialist manufacturers and retailers or deny consumers access to herbal remedies of their choice.

This motion has been signed by a total of 220 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Brian Iddon	04/12/2002	Bolton South East	Labour	Proposed
Nicholas Winterton	04/12/2002	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	04/12/2002	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Mark Field	04/12/2002	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Alice Mahon	04/12/2002	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	04/12/2002	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	04/12/2002	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	04/12/2002	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	04/12/2002	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	04/12/2002	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	05/12/2002	Birmingham, Hodge Hill	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	05/12/2002	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	05/12/2002	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	05/12/2002	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	05/12/2002	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	05/12/2002	North West Leicestershire	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Ann Winterton	05/12/2002	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Harry Cohen	05/12/2002	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	05/12/2002	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Martin Smyth	05/12/2002	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/12/2002	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	05/12/2002	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	05/12/2002	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Marsden	05/12/2002	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	05/12/2002	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	05/12/2002	Gower	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	09/12/2002	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gerry Steinberg	09/12/2002	Durham, City of	Labour	Signed
Richard Allan	09/12/2002	Sheffield, Hallam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sue Doughty	09/12/2002	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	09/12/2002	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	09/12/2002	North Down	UUP	Signed
Betty Williams	10/12/2002	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	10/12/2002	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Harry Barnes	10/12/2002	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/12/2002	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	10/12/2002	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	10/12/2002	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Michael Connarty	10/12/2002	Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Tony Colman	10/12/2002	Putney	Labour	Signed
Keith Bradley	10/12/2002	Manchester, Withington	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	10/12/2002	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	10/12/2002	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	11/12/2002	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	11/12/2002	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Amess	11/12/2002	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Stinchcombe	11/12/2002	Wellingborough	Labour	Signed
David Burnside	11/12/2002	South Antrim	UUP	Signed
Bill Olner	11/12/2002	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
Austin Mitchell	11/12/2002	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/12/2002	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Paul Keetch	11/12/2002	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dennis Skinner	11/12/2002	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	12/12/2002	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
David Stewart	12/12/2002	Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber	Labour	Signed
Desmond Swayne	12/12/2002	New Forest West	Conservative	Signed
Teddy Taylor	12/12/2002	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Paddy Tipping	12/12/2002	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	12/12/2002	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
John Wilkinson	12/12/2002	Ruislip - Northwood	Conservative	Signed
Roger Williams	12/12/2002	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	12/12/2002	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Atkinson	12/12/2002	Bournemouth East	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	12/12/2002	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Christine Russell	12/12/2002	Chester, City of	Labour	Signed
John Horam	12/12/2002	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Piara S Khabra	12/12/2002	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	12/12/2002	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	12/12/2002	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	12/12/2002	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Flook	12/12/2002	Taunton	Conservative	Signed
Edward Garnier	12/12/2002	Harborough	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	12/12/2002	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Stunell	16/12/2002	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	16/12/2002	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Jim Cunningham	16/12/2002	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	16/12/2002	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	16/12/2002	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Terry Lewis	16/12/2002	Worsley	Labour	Signed
Helen Jackson	16/12/2002	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	16/12/2002	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/12/2002	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Brian Cotter	17/12/2002	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Helen Clark	17/12/2002	Peterborough	Labour	Signed
Christopher Chope	17/12/2002	Christchurch	Conservative	Signed
Menzies Campbell	17/12/2002	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patsy Calton	17/12/2002	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	17/12/2002	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	17/12/2002	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	17/12/2002	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	18/12/2002	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Goodman	18/12/2002	Wycombe	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	18/12/2002	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Brian H Donohoe	18/12/2002	Cunninghame South	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	18/12/2002	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
David Cameron	18/12/2002	Witney	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	18/12/2002	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Phil Sawford	18/12/2002	Kettering	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	19/12/2002	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Denzil Davies	19/12/2002	Llanelli	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	19/12/2002	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John McWilliam	19/12/2002	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	19/12/2002	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Robert Jackson	19/12/2002	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
Charles Hendry	19/12/2002	Wealden	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	19/12/2002	Dover	Labour	Signed
Adam Price	19/12/2002	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Wood	07/01/2003	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	07/01/2003	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Bailey	07/01/2003	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Iain Coleman	07/01/2003	Hammersmith & Fulham	Labour	Signed
John Burnett	07/01/2003	Torridge & West Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Patrick Mercer	07/01/2003	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Andy King	07/01/2003	Rugby & Kenilworth	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	07/01/2003	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Joan Ruddock	07/01/2003	Lewisham, Deptford	Labour	Signed
John Robertson	07/01/2003	Glasgow, Anniesland	Labour	Signed
John Randall	07/01/2003	Uxbridge	Conservative	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/01/2003	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	08/01/2003	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
George Stevenson	09/01/2003	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Nigel Jones	13/01/2003	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	13/01/2003	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	13/01/2003	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Hunter	14/01/2003	Basingstoke	Independent Conservative	Signed
George Young	15/01/2003	North West Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Chris Grayling	16/01/2003	Epsom & Ewell	Conservative	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	16/01/2003	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Mark Francois	16/01/2003	Rayleigh	Conservative	Signed
Liam Fox	16/01/2003	Woodspring	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fallon	16/01/2003	Sevenoaks	Conservative	Signed
Michael Fabricant	16/01/2003	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Evans	16/01/2003	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
James Clappison	16/01/2003	Hertsmere	Conservative	Signed
Philip Hammond	16/01/2003	Runnymede & Weybridge	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Barker	16/01/2003	Bexhill & Battle	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	16/01/2003	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Nigel Waterson	16/01/2003	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
John Taylor	16/01/2003	Solihull	Conservative	Signed
Hugo Swire	16/01/2003	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
Tim Boswell	16/01/2003	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Crispin Blunt	16/01/2003	Reigate	Conservative	Signed
Henry Bellingham	16/01/2003	North West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
John Baron	16/01/2003	Billericay	Conservative	Signed
Simon Burns	16/01/2003	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Graham Brady	16/01/2003	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
George Osborne	16/01/2003	Tatton	Conservative	Signed
Mark Hoban	16/01/2003	Fareham	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	16/01/2003	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Selous	16/01/2003	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Sayeed	16/01/2003	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Rosindell	16/01/2003	Romford	Conservative	Signed
Laurence Robertson	16/01/2003	Tewkesbury	Conservative	Signed
Hugh Robertson	16/01/2003	Faversham & Mid Kent	Conservative	Signed
Mark Prisk	16/01/2003	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Michael Howard	16/01/2003	Folkestone & Hythe	Conservative	Signed
Gerald Howarth	16/01/2003	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	16/01/2003	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	16/01/2003	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Patrick McLoughlin	16/01/2003	West Derbyshire	Conservative	Signed
David Maclean	16/01/2003	Penrith & The Border	Conservative	Signed
Peter Luff	16/01/2003	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Tim Loughton	16/01/2003	East Worthing & Shoreham	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	16/01/2003	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Robert Key	16/01/2003	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
John Greenway	20/01/2003	Ryedale	Conservative	Signed
Alan Duncan	20/01/2003	Rutland & Melton	Conservative	Signed
Archie Norman	20/01/2003	Tunbridge Wells	Conservative	Signed
Jacqui Lait	20/01/2003	Beckenham	Conservative	Signed
Eleanor Laing	20/01/2003	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
David Ruffley	20/01/2003	Bury St Edmunds	Conservative	Signed
Alan Hurst	21/01/2003	Braintree	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	21/01/2003	Burton	Labour	Signed
Brian White	23/01/2003	North East Milton Keynes	Labour	Signed
Joe Benton	23/01/2003	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	23/01/2003	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Lembit	23/01/2003	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Theresa May	23/01/2003	Maidenhead	Conservative	Signed
David Rendel	27/01/2003	Newbury	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Tredinnick	27/01/2003	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
John Bercow	28/01/2003	Buckingham	Conservative	Signed
Karen Buck	28/01/2003			Signed
Khalid Mahmood	29/01/2003	Birmingham, Perry Barr	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	30/01/2003	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Gillian Shephard	03/02/2003	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	04/02/2003	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Steve Webb	05/02/2003	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	05/02/2003	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Julian Brazier	05/02/2003	Canterbury	Conservative	Signed
Albert Owen	05/02/2003	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Chris Smith	07/02/2003	Islington South & Finsbury	Labour	Signed
John Lyons	07/02/2003	Strathkelvin & Bearsden	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	10/02/2003	Tweeddale, Ettrick & Lauderdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sydney Chapman	24/02/2003	Chipping Barnet	Conservative	Signed
Kevin Brennan	24/02/2003	Cardiff West	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/02/2003	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Peter Robinson	24/02/2003	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Derek Conway	25/02/2003	Old Bexley & Sidcup	Conservative	Signed
Julie Morgan	26/02/2003	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	26/02/2003	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Field	27/02/2003	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	27/02/2003	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Angus Robertson	03/03/2003	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Anne McIntosh	03/03/2003	Vale of York	Conservative	Signed
Peter Duncan	07/03/2003	Galloway & Upper Nithsdale	Conservative	Signed
Bill Wiggin	07/03/2003	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
James Plaskitt	10/03/2003	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Geraldine Smith	12/03/2003	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	20/03/2003	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Tami	24/03/2003	Alyn & Deeside	Labour	Signed
Dominic Grieve	11/04/2003	Beaconsfield	Conservative	Signed
Desmond Turner	11/04/2003	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Virginia Bottomley	28/04/2003	South West Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Richard Bacon	12/05/2003	South Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Humfrey Malins	19/05/2003	Woking	Conservative	Signed
Bob Russell	20/05/2003	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Smith	22/05/2003	Vale of Glamorgan	Labour	Signed
David Chidgey	04/06/2003	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Oliver Heald	10/09/2003	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Fiona Mactaggart	Unknown			Withdrawn

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