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Thalidomide And Financial Assistance

EDM number 261 in 2009-10, proposed by Martin Caton on 26/11/2009.
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 unforseen 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This motion has been signed by a total of 278 MPs, 4 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ashok Kumar26/11/2009Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourWithdrawn
Nicholas Soames26/11/2009Mid SussexConservativeWithdrawn
Chris Ruane26/11/2009Vale of ClwydLabourWithdrawn
David Taylor26/11/2009North West LeicestershireLabourWithdrawn
Martin Caton26/11/2009GowerLabourProposed
Desmond Turner26/11/2009Brighton, KemptownLabourSeconded
Andrew George26/11/2009St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Bob Spink26/11/2009Castle PointIndependentSeconded
Richard Ottaway26/11/2009Croydon SouthConservativeSeconded
Bob Russell26/11/2009ColchesterLiberal DemocratSeconded
Anne Begg26/11/2009Aberdeen SouthLabourSigned
John Battle26/11/2009Leeds WestLabourSigned
Kevin Barron26/11/2009Rother ValleyLabourSigned
John Barrett26/11/2009Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Beith26/11/2009Berwick-upon-TweedLiberal DemocratSigned
Hugh Bayley26/11/2009York, City ofLabourSigned
Tony Baldry26/11/2009BanburyConservativeSigned
Norman Baker26/11/2009LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Adrian Bailey26/11/2009West Bromwich WestLabourSigned
John Austin26/11/2009Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Peter Atkinson26/11/2009HexhamConservativeSigned
Charlotte Atkins26/11/2009Staffordshire MoorlandsLabourSigned
James Arbuthnot26/11/2009North East HampshireConservativeSigned
Joe Benton26/11/2009BootleLabourSigned
Roger Berry26/11/2009KingswoodLabourSigned
Clive Betts26/11/2009Sheffield, AttercliffeLabourSigned
Paddy Tipping26/11/2009SherwoodLabourSigned
John Thurso26/11/2009Caithness, Sutherland & Easter RossLiberal DemocratSigned
Sarah Teather26/11/2009Brent EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Taylor26/11/2009Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Matthew Taylor26/11/2009Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Gary Streeter26/11/2009South West DevonConservativeSigned
Gavin Strang26/11/2009Edinburgh EastLabourSigned
Howard Stoate26/11/2009DartfordLabourSigned
Ian Stewart26/11/2009EcclesLabourSigned
Anthony Steen26/11/2009TotnesConservativeSigned
Peter Bottomley26/11/2009Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Tim Boswell26/11/2009DaventryConservativeSigned
David Borrow26/11/2009South RibbleLabourSigned
David Blunkett26/11/2009Sheffield, BrightsideLabourSigned
Mark Todd26/11/2009South DerbyshireLabourSigned
Janet Anderson26/11/2009Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Michael Ancram26/11/2009DevizesConservativeSigned
Mark Field26/11/2009Cities of London & WestminsterConservativeSigned
Frank Field26/11/2009BirkenheadLabourSigned
Paul Farrelly26/11/2009Newcastle-under-LymeLabourSigned
Nigel Evans26/11/2009Ribble ValleyConservativeSigned
Bill Etherington26/11/2009Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Louise Ellman26/11/2009Liverpool, RiversideLabourSigned
David Drew26/11/2009StroudLabourSigned
Jim Dowd26/11/2009Lewisham WestLabourSigned
Frank Doran26/11/2009Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson26/11/2009Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Frank Dobson26/11/2009Holborn & St PancrasLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin26/11/2009Heywood & MiddletonLabourSigned
Jonathan Djanogly26/11/2009HuntingdonConservativeSigned
Janet Dean26/11/2009BurtonLabourSigned
Mark Fisher26/11/2009Stoke-on-Trent CentralLabourSigned
Paul Flynn26/11/2009Newport WestLabourSigned
Hywel Francis26/11/2009AberavonLabourSigned
David Hamilton26/11/2009MidlothianLabourSigned
Patrick Hall26/11/2009BedfordLabourSigned
John Gummer26/11/2009Suffolk CoastalConservativeSigned
John Grogan26/11/2009SelbyLabourSigned
David Amess26/11/2009Southend WestConservativeSigned
Graham Allen26/11/2009Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Peter Ainsworth26/11/2009East SurreyConservativeSigned
Nick Ainger26/11/2009Carmarthen West & South PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Diane Abbott26/11/2009Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
James Gray26/11/2009North WiltshireConservativeSigned
Roger Godsiff26/11/2009Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small HeathLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley26/11/2009RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard26/11/2009WalthamstowLabourSigned
George Galloway26/11/2009Bethnal Green & BowRespectSigned
David Davies26/11/2009MonmouthConservativeSigned
Lindsay Roy26/11/2009GlenrothesLabourSigned
Jo Swinson26/11/2009East DunbartonshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Angela Smith26/11/2009Sheffield, HillsboroughLabourSigned
Angus MacNeil26/11/2009Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
John Leech26/11/2009Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Slaughter26/11/2009Signed
Susan Kramer26/11/2009Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth26/11/2009CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Horwood26/11/2009CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Sian James26/11/2009Swansea EastLabourSigned
Julia Goldsworthy26/11/2009Falmouth & CamborneLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Featherstone26/11/2009Hornsey & Wood GreenLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Farron26/11/2009Westmorland & LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Nadine Dorries26/11/2009Mid BedfordshireConservativeSigned
Philip Davies26/11/2009ShipleyConservativeSigned
James McGovern26/11/2009Dundee WestLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland26/11/2009Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Anne Main26/11/2009St AlbansConservativeSigned
John Mason26/11/2009Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Dai Davies26/11/2009Blaenau GwentIndependentSigned
Willie Rennie26/11/2009Dunfermline & Fife WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Hunter26/11/2009CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Jennifer Willott26/11/2009Cardiff CentralLiberal DemocratSigned
Mark Williams26/11/2009CeredigionLiberal DemocratSigned
Lee Scott26/11/2009Ilford NorthConservativeSigned
Stephen Williams26/11/2009Bristol WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Rowen26/11/2009RochdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
Daniel Rogerson26/11/2009North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Linda Riordan26/11/2009HalifaxLabourSigned
Mark Pritchard26/11/2009Wrekin, TheConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling26/11/2009Croydon CentralIndependentSigned
Brooks Newmark26/11/2009BraintreeConservativeSigned
Katy Clark26/11/2009Ayrshire North & ArranLabourSigned
Lorely Burt26/11/2009SolihullLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams26/11/2009ConwyLabourSigned
Alan Williams26/11/2009Swansea WestLabourSigned
Ann Widdecombe26/11/2009Maidstone & The WealdConservativeSigned
John Whittingdale26/11/2009Maldon & East ChelmsfordConservativeSigned
Michael Weir26/11/2009AngusScottish National PartySigned
Steve Webb26/11/2009NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing26/11/2009Liverpool, West DerbyIndependentSigned
Robert Walter26/11/2009North DorsetConservativeSigned
Joan Walley26/11/2009Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis26/11/2009Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Viggers26/11/2009GosportConservativeSigned
Derek Twigg26/11/2009HaltonLabourSigned
Paul Truswell26/11/2009PudseyLabourSigned
David Tredinnick26/11/2009BosworthConservativeSigned
Hywel Williams26/11/2009CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Roger Williams26/11/2009Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
David Wilshire26/11/2009SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Jeremy Browne26/11/2009TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Bone26/11/2009WellingboroughConservativeSigned
Brian Binley26/11/2009Northampton SouthConservativeSigned
Gordon Banks26/11/2009Ochil & Perthshire SouthLabourSigned
David Anderson26/11/2009BlaydonLabourSigned
Danny Alexander26/11/2009Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & StrathspeyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Hemming26/11/2009Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross26/11/2009TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Tim Yeo26/11/2009South SuffolkConservativeSigned
Anthony D Wright26/11/2009Great YarmouthLabourSigned
Mike Wood26/11/2009Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton26/11/2009MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Ann Winterton26/11/2009CongletonConservativeSigned
Sammy Wilson26/11/2009East AntrimDUPSigned
Don Touhig26/11/2009IslwynLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd26/11/2009Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Brian Jenkins26/11/2009TamworthLabourSigned
Bernard Jenkin26/11/2009North EssexConservativeSigned
Eric Illsley26/11/2009Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Brian Iddon26/11/2009Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Joan Humble26/11/2009Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Christopher Huhne26/11/2009EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Simon Hughes26/11/2009North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Lindsay Hoyle26/11/2009ChorleyLabourSigned
Kim Howells26/11/2009PontypriddLabourSigned
George Howarth26/11/2009Knowsley North & Sefton EastLabourSigned
John Horam26/11/2009OrpingtonConservativeSigned
Kelvin Hopkins26/11/2009Luton NorthLabourSigned
Jimmy Hood26/11/2009Lanark & Hamilton EastLabourSigned
Paul Holmes26/11/2009ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Lynne Jones26/11/2009Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martyn Jones26/11/2009Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd26/11/2009Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Peter Lilley26/11/2009Hitchin & HarpendenConservativeSigned
Tom Levitt26/11/2009High PeakLabourSigned
David Lepper26/11/2009Brighton, PavilionLabourSigned
Mark Lazarowicz26/11/2009Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Bob Laxton26/11/2009Derby NorthLabourSigned
Norman Lamb26/11/2009North NorfolkLiberal DemocratSigned
Julie Kirkbride26/11/2009BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Peter Kilfoyle26/11/2009Liverpool, WaltonLabourSigned
Robert Key26/11/2009SalisburyConservativeSigned
Charles Kennedy26/11/2009Ross, Skye & LochaberLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Keetch26/11/2009HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Keen26/11/2009Feltham & HestonLabourSigned
Sally Keeble26/11/2009Northampton NorthLabourSigned
Kate Hoey26/11/2009VauxhallLabourSigned
David Heyes26/11/2009Ashton-under-LyneLabourSigned
Lady Hermon26/11/2009North DownUUPSigned
Martin Salter26/11/2009Reading WestLabourSigned
Alex Salmond26/11/2009Banff & BuchanScottish National PartySigned
Terry Rooney26/11/2009Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Peter Robinson26/11/2009Belfast EastDUPSigned
Geoffrey Robinson26/11/2009Coventry North WestLabourSigned
Angus Robertson26/11/2009MorayScottish National PartySigned
Alan Reid26/11/2009Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Andy Reed26/11/2009LoughboroughLabourSigned
John Pugh26/11/2009SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyn Prosser26/11/2009DoverLabourSigned
Adam Price26/11/2009Carmarthen East & DinefwrPlaid CymruSigned
Gordon Prentice26/11/2009PendleLabourSigned
Stephen Pound26/11/2009Ealing NorthLabourSigned
Greg Pope26/11/2009HyndburnLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders26/11/2009TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Mohammad Sarwar26/11/2009Glasgow CentralLabourSigned
Stephen Hepburn26/11/2009JarrowLabourSigned
Doug Henderson26/11/2009Newcastle upon Tyne NorthLabourSigned
Dai Havard26/11/2009Merthyr Tydfil & RhymneyLabourSigned
Nick Harvey26/11/2009North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Phyllis Starkey26/11/2009Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Michael Spicer26/11/2009West WorcestershireConservativeSigned
Robert Smith26/11/2009Aberdeenshire West & KincardineLiberal DemocratSigned
Geraldine Smith26/11/2009Morecambe & LunesdaleLabourSigned
Dennis Skinner26/11/2009BolsoverLabourSigned
Marsha Singh26/11/2009Bradford WestLabourSigned
David Simpson26/11/2009Upper BannDUPSigned
Alan Simpson26/11/2009Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Clare Short26/11/2009Birmingham, LadywoodIndependent LabourSigned
Jim Sheridan26/11/2009Paisley & Renfrewshire NorthLabourSigned
Julie Morgan26/11/2009Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Love26/11/2009EdmontonLabourSigned
Ian Davidson26/11/2009Glasgow South WestLabourSigned
Colin Challen26/11/2009Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Ian Cawsey26/11/2009Brigg & GooleLabourSigned
Alistair Carmichael26/11/2009Orkney & ShetlandLiberal DemocratSigned
Ronnie Campbell26/11/2009Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Menzies Campbell26/11/2009Fife North EastLiberal DemocratSigned
Gregory Campbell26/11/2009East LondonderryDUPSigned
David Cairns26/11/2009InverclydeLabourSigned
Richard Caborn26/11/2009Sheffield CentralLabourSigned
Vincent Cable26/11/2009TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
John Butterfill26/11/2009Bournemouth WestConservativeSigned
Paul Burstow26/11/2009Sutton & CheamLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Burgon26/11/2009ElmetLabourSigned
Richard Burden26/11/2009Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Malcolm Bruce26/11/2009GordonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Chaytor26/11/2009Bury NorthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham26/11/2009Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Claire Curtis-Thomas26/11/2009CrosbyLabourSigned
David Curry26/11/2009Skipton & RiponConservativeSigned
Jim Cunningham26/11/2009Coventry SouthLabourSigned
John Cummings26/11/2009EasingtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer26/11/2009KeighleyLabourSigned
Jon Cruddas26/11/2009DagenhamLabourSigned
David Crausby26/11/2009Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Jim Cousins26/11/2009Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn26/11/2009Islington NorthLabourSigned
Michael Connarty26/11/2009Linlithgow & Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Harry Cohen26/11/2009Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd26/11/2009Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
David Clelland26/11/2009Tyne BridgeLabourSigned
Tom Clarke26/11/2009Coatbridge, Chryston & BellshillLabourSigned
Russell Brown26/11/2009Dumfries & GallowayLabourSigned
Annette Brooke26/11/2009Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed26/11/2009South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Meacher26/11/2009Oldham West & RoytonLabourSigned
Anne McGuire26/11/2009StirlingLabourSigned
Eddie McGrady26/11/2009South DownSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
John McFall26/11/2009West DunbartonshireLabourSigned
Siobhain McDonagh26/11/2009Mitcham & MordenLabourSigned
William McCrea26/11/2009South AntrimDUPSigned
Ian McCartney26/11/2009MakerfieldLabourSigned
Chris McCafferty26/11/2009Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Mates26/11/2009East HampshireConservativeSigned
Eric Martlew26/11/2009CarlisleLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews26/11/2009MedwayLabourSigned
John Mann26/11/2009BassetlawLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay26/11/2009ThurrockLabourSigned
Andrew MacKay26/11/2009BracknellConservativeSigned
Alun Michael26/11/2009Cardiff South & PenarthLabourSigned
Andrew Miller26/11/2009Ellesmere Port & NestonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell26/11/2009Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Tom Brake26/11/2009Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Graham Brady26/11/2009Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Albert Owen26/11/2009Ynys MLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne26/11/2009Ayr, Carrick & CumnockLabourSigned
Lembit 26/11/2009MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Olner26/11/2009NuneatonLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara26/11/2009Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Mark Oaten26/11/2009WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Michael Moore26/11/2009Berwickshire, Roxburgh & SelkirkLiberal DemocratSigned
Malcolm Moss26/11/2009North East CambridgeshireConservativeSigned
Chris Mullin26/11/2009Sunderland SouthLabourSigned
Denis Murphy26/11/2009WansbeckLabourSigned
Paul Murphy26/11/2009TorfaenLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith26/11/2009Bristol North WestLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson30/11/2009Hampstead & HighgateLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore01/12/2009HendonLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt02/12/2009Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Judy Mallaber07/12/2009Amber ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/12/2009Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Shona McIsaac07/04/2010CleethorpesLabourSigned

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