Nuclear Test Veterans

EDM number 266 in 2009-10, proposed by John Baron on 26/11/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces welfare, Industrial health and safety and Veterans.

That this House notes that servicemen involved in the British nuclear weapons tests programme in the Pacific and Australia in the 1950s and 1960s have subsequently attributed cases of ill-health to their exposure to radiation during and after the tests; welcomes the conclusions of the cross-party inquiry into nuclear test veterans chaired by the hon. Member for Billericay and the former hon. Member for Norwich North; believes that far greater recognition of this problem and co-operation with veterans is required from the Ministry of Defence; notes the Government's promise to undertake a health analysis on veterans' offspring, madeon 22October 2008 to the hon. Member for Billericay; further notes the promise made by the Government in April 2009 to follow up last year's New Zealand chromosome study on veterans, with results delivered to a reasonable timescale; acknowledges that since these promises were given very little progress has been made in determining the design, parameters and terms of reference of these studies; and therefore calls on the Government to speed up the process and thereby honour its duty of care towards this loyal and dignified group of servicemen and their families.

This motion has been signed by a total of 138 MPs, 5 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Baron	26/11/2009	Billericay	Conservative	Proposed
Frank Field	26/11/2009	Birkenhead	Labour	Seconded
Malcolm Rifkind	26/11/2009			Seconded
Bob Russell	26/11/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Richard Taylor	26/11/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Seconded
Hywel Williams	26/11/2009	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Seconded
Andrew George	26/11/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew MacKinlay	26/11/2009	Thurrock	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	26/11/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	26/11/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	30/11/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
John Cummings	30/11/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
James Gray	30/11/2009	North Wiltshire	Conservative	Signed
Peter Bottomley	30/11/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Weir	30/11/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Peter Bone	30/11/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
Edward Timpson	30/11/2009	Crewe & Nantwich	Conservative	Signed
Chloe Smith	30/11/2009	Norwich North	Conservative	Signed
Frank Cook	30/11/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Graham Brady	30/11/2009	Altrincham & Sale West	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Prentice	30/11/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	30/11/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Selous	30/11/2009	South West Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Bob Spink	30/11/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Glenda Jackson	30/11/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	30/11/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
David Lepper	30/11/2009	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	30/11/2009	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
David Taylor	01/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
Nick Harvey	01/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	01/12/2009	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Mercer	01/12/2009	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Mark Todd	01/12/2009	South Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	01/12/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
David Jones	01/12/2009	Clwyd West	Conservative	Signed
Michael Penning	01/12/2009	Hemel Hempstead	Conservative	Signed
Stephen Williams	01/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	01/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Mark Durkan	01/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	01/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Gerald Howarth	01/12/2009	Aldershot	Conservative	Signed
Julian Lewis	01/12/2009	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Ian McCartney	01/12/2009	Makerfield	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	01/12/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
Andrew Murrison	01/12/2009	Westbury	Conservative	Signed
Gregory Campbell	01/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	01/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	01/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Mark Fisher	02/12/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Nigel Waterson	02/12/2009	Eastbourne	Conservative	Signed
Angela Watkinson	02/12/2009	Upminster	Conservative	Signed
Katy Clark	02/12/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
Andrew Pelling	02/12/2009	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Jim Devine	02/12/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	02/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Michael Mates	02/12/2009	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
William McCrea	02/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Annette Brooke	02/12/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Challen	02/12/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	02/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	03/12/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	03/12/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	03/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Celia Barlow	03/12/2009	Hove	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Amess	03/12/2009	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Christopher Fraser	03/12/2009	South West Norfolk	Conservative	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/12/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Eleanor Laing	03/12/2009	Epping Forest	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	03/12/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Walker	07/12/2009	Broxbourne	Conservative	Withdrawn
Robert Wilson	07/12/2009	Reading East	Conservative	Withdrawn
Philip Hollobone	07/12/2009	Kettering	Conservative	Withdrawn
Stephen Crabb	07/12/2009	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Signed
Nadine Dorries	07/12/2009	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
James Duddridge	07/12/2009	Rochford & Southend East	Conservative	Signed
Philip Dunne	07/12/2009	Ludlow	Conservative	Signed
Greg Hands	07/12/2009	Hammersmith & Fulham	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lancaster	07/12/2009	North East Milton Keynes	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	07/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Vaizey	07/12/2009	Wantage	Conservative	Signed
John Howell	07/12/2009	Henley	Conservative	Signed
Brooks Newmark	07/12/2009	Braintree	Conservative	Signed
Grant Shapps	07/12/2009	Welwyn Hatfield	Conservative	Signed
Jeremy Wright	07/12/2009	Rugby & Kenilworth	Conservative	Signed
Ann Winterton	07/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Betty Williams	07/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Mark Prisk	07/12/2009	Hertford & Stortford	Conservative	Signed
Oliver Heald	07/12/2009	North East Hertfordshire	Conservative	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Peter Lilley	07/12/2009	Hitchin & Harpenden	Conservative	Signed
Malcolm Moss	07/12/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Simon Burns	07/12/2009	West Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Alistair Burt	07/12/2009	North East Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Evennett	07/12/2009			Signed
Michael Fabricant	07/12/2009	Lichfield	Conservative	Signed
Neil Gerrard	07/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	07/12/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Bill Wiggin	07/12/2009	Leominster	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lee Scott	08/12/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
David Davies	08/12/2009	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/12/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Susan Kramer	09/12/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adam Holloway	09/12/2009	Gravesham	Conservative	Signed
Steve Webb	09/12/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Luff	09/12/2009	Mid Worcestershire	Conservative	Signed
Iris Robinson	10/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Daniel Rogerson	10/12/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	10/12/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	10/12/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	10/12/2009	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Lembit	10/12/2009	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
George Howarth	10/12/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	15/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Hugo Swire	15/12/2009	East Devon	Conservative	Signed
John Mason	15/12/2009	Glasgow East	Scottish National Party	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/12/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	05/01/2010	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Maria Miller	05/01/2010	Basingstoke	Conservative	Signed
Patrick Hall	05/01/2010	Bedford	Labour	Signed
David Mundell	05/01/2010	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale & Tweeddale	Conservative	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	06/01/2010	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	12/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2010	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	20/01/2010	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	04/02/2010	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Cheryl Gillan	09/02/2010	Chesham & Amersham	Conservative	Signed
Caroline Spelman	11/03/2010	Meriden	Conservative	Signed
Stephen O'Brien	17/03/2010	Eddisbury	Conservative	Signed

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