Osteoarthritis Of The Knee And Coalminers

EDM number 2254 in 2007-08, proposed by Michael Clapham on 15/10/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Coal and Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House calls on the Department for Work and Pensions to accept the recommendation of the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council, whose report it has been considering since August 2008, and declare A14 Osteoarthritis of the Knee a prescribed disease in relation to coalmining with an early implementation date, opening the way for this group of mostly elderly sufferers to claim an award of industrial injuries benefit.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Michael Clapham	15/10/2008	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Proposed
David Hamilton	15/10/2008	Midlothian	Labour	Seconded
Dennis Skinner	15/10/2008	Bolsover	Labour	Seconded
Ronnie Campbell	15/10/2008	Blyth Valley	Labour	Seconded
Bill Etherington	15/10/2008	Sunderland North	Labour	Seconded
John Cummings	15/10/2008	Easington	Labour	Seconded
Denis Murphy	15/10/2008	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	15/10/2008	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Jimmy Hood	15/10/2008	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	16/10/2008	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	16/10/2008	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	16/10/2008	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	16/10/2008	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	16/10/2008	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Drew	16/10/2008	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	16/10/2008	Gower	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	16/10/2008	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	16/10/2008	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	17/10/2008	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	17/10/2008	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	17/10/2008	Luton North	Labour	Signed
John Leech	20/10/2008	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	20/10/2008	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	20/10/2008	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Marsden	20/10/2008	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Fraser Kemp	20/10/2008	Houghton & Washington East	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	20/10/2008	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	21/10/2008	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Angela Smith	21/10/2008	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	21/10/2008	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	21/10/2008	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	21/10/2008	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	21/10/2008	Islington North	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	21/10/2008	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	21/10/2008	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	21/10/2008	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	21/10/2008	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	22/10/2008	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	22/10/2008	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	22/10/2008	Burton	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	22/10/2008	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	22/10/2008	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Alan Simpson	22/10/2008	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	23/10/2008	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	27/10/2008	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	27/10/2008	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Albert Owen	27/10/2008	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	27/10/2008	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	29/10/2008	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Judy Mallaber	30/10/2008	Amber Valley	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	03/11/2008	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Paddy Tipping	03/11/2008	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Richard Shepherd	04/11/2008	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Nick Ainger	04/11/2008	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
Tony Wright	05/11/2008	Cannock Chase	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	06/11/2008	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	06/11/2008	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Pelling	10/11/2008	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Don Touhig	10/11/2008	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	12/11/2008	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	12/11/2008	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	13/11/2008	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	17/11/2008	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	18/11/2008	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Kim Howells	20/11/2008	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	24/11/2008	Newport West	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	25/11/2008	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed

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