Thalidomide And Financial Assistance (No. 2)

EDM number 779 in 2008-09, proposed by Martin Caton on 11/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Sickness, disability and carers' benefits.

That this House recalls that side effects of the drug Thalidomide, prescribed for prevention of morning sickness in the 1960s and 1970s, caused nearly 500 babies to be born with a range of severe disabilities; pays tribute to the campaign by journalists, politicians and others that eventually resulted in the manufacturers having to increase their compensation offer tenfold; nevertheless recognises, however, that this could not take account of unforeseen future problems arising from Thalidomide; notes that, as the surviving victims enter their 40s and 50s, many of them face a host of new problems as their bodies suffer from the wear and tear that the overuse of certain muscles has caused, dramatically restricting movement and pushing the cost of mobility up; believes that these people should now receive direct help from the state; and calls on the Government to introduce a financial assistance package to improve the lives of Thalidomide victims.

This motion has been signed by a total of 281 MPs, 6 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Martin Caton	11/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Proposed
Bob Spink	11/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Andrew George	11/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
John Leech	12/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Desmond Turner	12/02/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Seconded
David Taylor	12/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Seconded
Nigel Evans	12/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Lynne Jones	12/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	12/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	12/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	23/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	23/02/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	23/02/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	23/02/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	23/02/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	23/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Ann Winterton	23/02/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
David Drew	23/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Jonathan Djanogly	23/02/2009	Huntingdon	Conservative	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	23/02/2009	Dover	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jimmy Hood	23/02/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	23/02/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	23/02/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Michael Connarty	23/02/2009	Linlithgow & Falkirk East	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	23/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ian Davidson	23/02/2009	Glasgow South West	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	24/02/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
Mark Todd	24/02/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Don Touhig	24/02/2009	Islwyn	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	24/02/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	24/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	24/02/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	24/02/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Jim Dobbin	24/02/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	24/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Key	24/02/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Michael Mates	24/02/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Edward O'Hara	24/02/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	24/02/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Harry Cohen	24/02/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	25/02/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	25/02/2009	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	25/02/2009	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Matthew Taylor	25/02/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	25/02/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kim Howells	25/02/2009	Pontypridd	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	25/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/02/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Hywel Francis	26/02/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	26/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	26/02/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Chris McCafferty	26/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	27/02/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	27/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	02/03/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	02/03/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Brooks Newmark	02/03/2009	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
John Mason	02/03/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
David Heyes	03/03/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Michael Meacher	04/03/2009	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
Lembit	04/03/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/03/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	04/03/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
John Thurso	04/03/2009	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Katy Clark	04/03/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	04/03/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	05/03/2009	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	06/03/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	06/03/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	10/03/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Robert Walter	10/03/2009	North Dorset	Conservative	Signed
Lady Hermon	11/03/2009	North Down	UUP	Signed
John Butterfill	11/03/2009	Bournemouth West	Conservative	Signed
Lorely Burt	11/03/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Boswell	12/03/2009	Daventry	Conservative	Signed
Chris Mullin	12/03/2009	Sunderland South	Labour	Signed
Andy Reed	13/03/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	13/03/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	20/03/2009	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Terry Rooney	24/03/2009	Bradford North	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	24/03/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	24/03/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Anthony D Wright	24/03/2009	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	27/03/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Danny Alexander	31/03/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Henderson	01/04/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne North	Labour	Signed
Anne Begg	01/04/2009	Aberdeen South	Labour	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	01/04/2009	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
James Gray	02/04/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	02/04/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	02/04/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Robert Marshall-Andrews	02/04/2009	Medway	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/04/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Robinson	02/04/2009	Belfast East	DUP	Signed
Jeremy Browne	20/04/2009	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	20/04/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Adrian Sanders	20/04/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Price	20/04/2009	Carmarthen East & Dinefwr	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Steve Webb	21/04/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	21/04/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Alan Beith	21/04/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Cunningham	21/04/2009	Coventry South	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	21/04/2009	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	21/04/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Marsha Singh	22/04/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	22/04/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	22/04/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	22/04/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Clarke	22/04/2009	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	23/04/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	23/04/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	27/04/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	28/04/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Dai Davies	29/04/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Ian McCartney	30/04/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Chris Ruane	05/05/2009	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	05/05/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mike Wood	05/05/2009	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Hywel Williams	06/05/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Clive Betts	06/05/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	07/05/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Louise Ellman	08/05/2009	Liverpool, Riverside	Labour	Signed
Tony Baldry	08/05/2009	Banbury	Conservative	Signed
Dai Havard	11/05/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	12/05/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Curry	12/05/2009	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/05/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Field	13/05/2009	Cities of London & Westminster	Conservative	Signed
Richard Caborn	13/05/2009	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Doug Naysmith	13/05/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	15/05/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	15/05/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	15/05/2009	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Brian Iddon	18/05/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Winterton	19/05/2009	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	19/05/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	19/05/2009	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Frank Field	19/05/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Signed
Nicholas Soames	19/05/2009	Mid Sussex	Conservative	Signed
Jim Sheridan	19/05/2009	Paisley & Renfrewshire North	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	19/05/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gary Streeter	20/05/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	20/05/2009	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
David Cairns	20/05/2009	Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	20/05/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Derek Twigg	21/05/2009	Halton	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	01/06/2009	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	01/06/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
James Arbuthnot	01/06/2009	North East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
Colin Burgon	01/06/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Eric Martlew	01/06/2009	Carlisle	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	01/06/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Bob Laxton	01/06/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
John Grogan	02/06/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Richard Burden	02/06/2009	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	03/06/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
John McFall	03/06/2009	West Dunbartonshire	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	03/06/2009			Signed
James McGovern	04/06/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
David Clelland	08/06/2009	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Gavin Strang	08/06/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Alan Williams	09/06/2009	Swansea West	Labour	Signed
Martin Salter	09/06/2009	Reading West	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	10/06/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	10/06/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Jim Cousins	10/06/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	10/06/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Joe Benton	10/06/2009	Bootle	Labour	Signed
Philip Davies	11/06/2009	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Claire Curtis-Thomas	11/06/2009	Crosby	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	11/06/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	11/06/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	11/06/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Andrew Miller	12/06/2009	Ellesmere Port & Neston	Labour	Signed
Adrian Bailey	12/06/2009	West Bromwich West	Labour	Signed
Peter Viggers	12/06/2009	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Jennifer Willott	15/06/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	15/06/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	15/06/2009	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKay	16/06/2009	Bracknell	Conservative	Signed
Tim Yeo	17/06/2009	South Suffolk	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	17/06/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Eddie McGrady	17/06/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	17/06/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Michael Spicer	17/06/2009	West Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Anne Main	18/06/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Tim Farron	18/06/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jon Cruddas	18/06/2009	Dagenham	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	18/06/2009	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	18/06/2009	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	18/06/2009	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Brian Jenkins	18/06/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	18/06/2009	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Bill Olner	19/06/2009	Nuneaton	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	22/06/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Cummings	22/06/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Sandra Osborne	22/06/2009	Ayr, Carrick & Cumnock	Labour	Signed
David Tredinnick	23/06/2009	Bosworth	Conservative	Signed
Norman Baker	23/06/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Allen	23/06/2009	Nottingham North	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	23/06/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Lepper	24/06/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Alun Michael	24/06/2009	Cardiff South & Penarth	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	24/06/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paddy Tipping	24/06/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	24/06/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bone	25/06/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
John Battle	25/06/2009	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	25/06/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Nick Ainger	26/06/2009	Carmarthen West & South Pembrokeshire	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	26/06/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Angus Robertson	29/06/2009	Moray	Scottish National Party	Signed
Geraldine Smith	29/06/2009	Morecambe & Lunesdale	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	29/06/2009	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Hugh Bayley	29/06/2009	York, City of	Labour	Signed
Jim Dowd	30/06/2009	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
Paul Murphy	30/06/2009	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	30/06/2009	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	30/06/2009	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	30/06/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	01/07/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Horam	01/07/2009	Orpington	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	01/07/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
David Wilshire	01/07/2009	Spelthorne	Conservative	Signed
Greg Mulholland	01/07/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	02/07/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Julie Kirkbride	02/07/2009	Bromsgrove	Conservative	Signed
Bernard Jenkin	02/07/2009	North Essex	Conservative	Signed
Alan Keen	03/07/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
Frank Doran	03/07/2009	Aberdeen North	Labour	Signed
David Blunkett	03/07/2009	Sheffield, Brightside	Labour	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	06/07/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Anne McGuire	06/07/2009	Stirling	Labour	Signed
Frank Dobson	06/07/2009	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Mark Pritchard	07/07/2009	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Sian James	07/07/2009	Swansea East	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Moss	07/07/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Evan Harris	07/07/2009	Oxford West & Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Austin Mitchell	08/07/2009	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Janet Anderson	08/07/2009	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	08/07/2009	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	08/07/2009	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Angus MacNeil	09/07/2009	Na h-Eileanan an Iar	Scottish National Party	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	09/07/2009	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	09/07/2009	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Sally Keeble	09/07/2009	Northampton North	Labour	Signed
Willie Rennie	13/07/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Whittingdale	13/07/2009	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	13/07/2009	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
John Gummer	13/07/2009	Suffolk Coastal	Conservative	Signed
Richard Ottaway	13/07/2009	Croydon South	Conservative	Signed
John Mann	13/07/2009	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Alex Salmond	13/07/2009	Banff & Buchan	Scottish National Party	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	14/07/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	20/07/2009	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Davies	20/07/2009	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Anthony Steen	20/07/2009	Totnes	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	20/07/2009	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Ian Cawsey	21/07/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	21/07/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Burstow	21/07/2009	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/10/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	15/10/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Lindsay Roy	16/10/2009	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	26/10/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Binley	28/10/2009	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Norman Lamb	29/10/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	05/11/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kevin Barron	05/11/2009	Rother Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/11/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Howarth	11/11/2009	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Bercow	Unknown			Withdrawn
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Mary Creagh	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn
George Mudie	Unknown			Withdrawn
David Wright	Unknown			Withdrawn

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