Free Prescriptions For People With Long-Term Conditions

EDM number 306 in 2009-10, proposed by Neil Gerrard on 01/12/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Health services and Medicine.

That this House supports the Prescription Promise campaign in urging the Prime Minister to implement his promise, made in September 2008, to abolish prescription charges for people with long-term conditions as soon as possible; believes that timely access to appropriate medication is crucial in order to minimise the impact of living with a long-term condition for the individual and to minimise the cost of treating long-term conditions for the NHS; is therefore concerned that the recession has made it harder for large numbers of people with long-term conditions to pay for their prescriptions and that many are going without vital medicines; notes that the Government has identified savings from the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme of around £550 million per year from 2010, which will be more than sufficient to cover the £250-£350 million cost, estimated by the Department of Health, of implementing free prescriptions for people with long-term conditions; further notes with concern that Professor Ian Gilmore's review of prescription charges has not yet been published; and calls on the Government to publish this review and its own response as soon as possible.

This motion has been signed by a total of 214 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Neil Gerrard	01/12/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Proposed
Peter Bottomley	01/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew George	01/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	01/12/2009	Islington North	Labour	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	01/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Spink	01/12/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Mark Durkan	01/12/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Bob Russell	01/12/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	02/12/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Withdrawn
John Cummings	02/12/2009	Easington	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	02/12/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	02/12/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
David Drew	02/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Glenda Jackson	02/12/2009	Hampstead & Highgate	Labour	Signed
Desmond Turner	02/12/2009	Brighton, Kemptown	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	02/12/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	02/12/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	02/12/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	02/12/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	02/12/2009	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Pound	02/12/2009	Ealing North	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	02/12/2009	Pendle	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	02/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	02/12/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Jones	02/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Tom Levitt	02/12/2009	High Peak	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	02/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Laura Moffatt	02/12/2009	Crawley	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	02/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Jo Swinson	03/12/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	03/12/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Derek Wyatt	03/12/2009	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/12/2009	Lagan Valley	DUP	Signed
Nigel Dodds	03/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Martin Caton	03/12/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	03/12/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	03/12/2009	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	07/12/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Robert Wareing	07/12/2009	Liverpool, West Derby	Independent	Signed
Betty Williams	07/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Anne Main	07/12/2009	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Bob Laxton	07/12/2009	Derby North	Labour	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	07/12/2009	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	07/12/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Stephen Hepburn	07/12/2009	Jarrow	Labour	Signed
Kate Hoey	07/12/2009	Vauxhall	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	07/12/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	07/12/2009	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	08/12/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	08/12/2009	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	08/12/2009	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
David Borrow	08/12/2009	South Ribble	Labour	Signed
David Anderson	08/12/2009	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
Lee Scott	08/12/2009	Ilford North	Conservative	Signed
Mark Williams	08/12/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dai Davies	08/12/2009	Blaenau Gwent	Independent	Signed
Jim Cousins	08/12/2009	Newcastle upon Tyne Central	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	08/12/2009	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Colin Challen	08/12/2009	Morley & Rothwell	Labour	Signed
Greg Pope	08/12/2009	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	08/12/2009	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Dai Havard	08/12/2009	Merthyr Tydfil & Rhymney	Labour	Signed
Joan Humble	08/12/2009	Blackpool North & Fleetwood	Labour	Signed
Mark Oaten	08/12/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	08/12/2009	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ian Cawsey	08/12/2009	Brigg & Goole	Labour	Signed
Ian Stewart	09/12/2009	Eccles	Labour	Signed
Ian Taylor	09/12/2009	Esher & Walton	Conservative	Signed
Paul Truswell	09/12/2009	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Peter Bone	09/12/2009	Wellingborough	Conservative	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Fabian Hamilton	09/12/2009	Leeds North East	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/12/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
Clare Short	09/12/2009	Birmingham, Ladywood	Independent Labour	Signed
George Howarth	09/12/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
Martin Linton	09/12/2009	Battersea	Labour	Signed
Elliot Morley	09/12/2009	Scunthorpe	Labour	Signed
Denis Murphy	09/12/2009	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Edward O'Hara	09/12/2009	Knowsley South	Labour	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
Gavin Strang	10/12/2009	Edinburgh East	Labour	Signed
Menzies Campbell	10/12/2009	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	10/12/2009	Bristol North West	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Christopher Huhne	10/12/2009	Eastleigh	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Berry	14/12/2009	Kingswood	Labour	Signed
Clive Betts	14/12/2009	Sheffield, Attercliffe	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	14/12/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Matthew Taylor	14/12/2009	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	14/12/2009	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Winterton	14/12/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Signed
Gordon Banks	14/12/2009	Ochil & Perthshire South	Labour	Signed
Angela Smith	14/12/2009	Sheffield, Hillsborough	Labour	Signed
Patrick Hall	14/12/2009	Bedford	Labour	Signed
Mike Gapes	14/12/2009	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	14/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Iddon	14/12/2009	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Martyn Jones	14/12/2009	Clwyd South	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	14/12/2009	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	14/12/2009	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	14/12/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
David Chaytor	14/12/2009	Bury North	Labour	Signed
Frank Cook	14/12/2009	Stockton North	Labour	Signed
Andy Slaughter	15/12/2009			Signed
Paddy Tipping	15/12/2009	Sherwood	Labour	Signed
Norman Baker	15/12/2009	Lewes	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Fisher	15/12/2009	Stoke-on-Trent Central	Labour	Signed
Robert Key	15/12/2009	Salisbury	Conservative	Signed
Charles Kennedy	15/12/2009	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phyllis Starkey	15/12/2009	Milton Keynes South West	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	16/12/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Grogan	16/12/2009	Selby	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	16/12/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Andrew Love	16/12/2009	Edmonton	Labour	Signed
Greg Knight	16/12/2009	East Yorkshire	Conservative	Signed
Alan Keen	16/12/2009	Feltham & Heston	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	16/12/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	05/01/2010	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Wood	05/01/2010	Batley & Spen	Labour	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	05/01/2010	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Celia Barlow	05/01/2010	Hove	Labour	Signed
Lorely Burt	05/01/2010	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Horwood	05/01/2010	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Graham Stringer	05/01/2010	Manchester, Blackley	Labour	Signed
Howard Stoate	05/01/2010	Dartford	Labour	Signed
Alan Beith	05/01/2010	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julie Morgan	05/01/2010	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Robert Smith	05/01/2010	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris McCafferty	05/01/2010	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Siobhain McDonagh	05/01/2010	Mitcham & Morden	Labour	Signed
Patrick Mercer	05/01/2010	Newark	Conservative	Signed
Paul Farrelly	05/01/2010	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Michael Ancram	05/01/2010	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Jim Dowd	06/01/2010	Lewisham West	Labour	Signed
David Howarth	07/01/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Viggers	07/01/2010	Gosport	Conservative	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Parmjit Dhanda	07/01/2010	Gloucester	Labour	Signed
Natascha Engel	11/01/2010	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Dari Taylor	11/01/2010	Stockton South	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	11/01/2010	Dumfries & Galloway	Labour	Signed
Peter Kilfoyle	11/01/2010	Liverpool, Walton	Labour	Signed
Nick Palmer	11/01/2010	Broxtowe	Labour	Signed
James Plaskitt	11/01/2010	Warwick & Leamington	Labour	Signed
Adrian Sanders	12/01/2010	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	12/01/2010	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
George Galloway	12/01/2010	Bethnal Green & Bow	Respect	Signed
Susan Kramer	12/01/2010	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	13/01/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Taylor	13/01/2010	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Tom Clarke	13/01/2010	Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill	Labour	Signed
Anne Moffat	13/01/2010	East Lothian	Labour	Signed
Michael Mates	14/01/2010	East Hampshire	Conservative	Signed
David Amess	14/01/2010	Southend West	Conservative	Signed
Peter Atkinson	14/01/2010	Hexham	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	18/01/2010	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	18/01/2010	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Evans	18/01/2010	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
David Curry	18/01/2010	Skipton & Ripon	Conservative	Signed
Eddie McGrady	18/01/2010	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Clelland	19/01/2010	Tyne Bridge	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	19/01/2010	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Richard Caborn	20/01/2010	Sheffield Central	Labour	Signed
Shona McIsaac	20/01/2010	Cleethorpes	Labour	Signed
David Heath	21/01/2010	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Karen Buck	21/01/2010			Signed
Nicholas Winterton	25/01/2010	Macclesfield	Conservative	Signed
Mark Pritchard	25/01/2010	Wrekin, The	Conservative	Signed
Andrew Pelling	26/01/2010	Croydon Central	Independent	Signed
Robert Syms	26/01/2010	Poole	Conservative	Signed
Brian Binley	27/01/2010	Northampton South	Conservative	Signed
Ann Widdecombe	27/01/2010	Maidstone & The Weald	Conservative	Signed
Derek Twigg	27/01/2010	Halton	Labour	Signed
John Battle	27/01/2010	Leeds West	Labour	Signed
Peter Ainsworth	27/01/2010	East Surrey	Conservative	Signed
Barry Sheerman	27/01/2010	Huddersfield	Labour	Signed
David Davis	28/01/2010	Haltemprice & Howden	Conservative	Signed
Richard Burden	28/01/2010	Birmingham, Northfield	Labour	Signed
Anthony D Wright	29/01/2010	Great Yarmouth	Labour	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	29/01/2010	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Richard Shepherd	01/02/2010	Aldridge-Brownhills	Conservative	Signed
Helen Southworth	01/02/2010	Warrington South	Labour	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/02/2010	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Clive Efford	01/02/2010	Eltham	Labour	Signed
Paul Rowen	02/02/2010	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Meacher	02/02/2010	Oldham West & Royton	Labour	Signed
David Laws	02/02/2010	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Frank Dobson	03/02/2010	Holborn & St Pancras	Labour	Signed
Joan Walley	04/02/2010	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Gwyn Prosser	08/02/2010	Dover	Labour	Signed
Bruce George	08/02/2010	Walsall South	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	09/02/2010	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Whittingdale	09/02/2010	Maldon & East Chelmsford	Conservative	Signed
Austin Mitchell	10/02/2010	Great Grimsby	Labour	Signed
Paul Burstow	10/02/2010	Sutton & Cheam	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Geoffrey Robinson	22/02/2010	Coventry North West	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	22/02/2010	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
Albert Owen	24/02/2010	Ynys M	Labour	Signed
Robert Flello	24/02/2010	Stoke-on-Trent South	Labour	Signed
Jane Kennedy	25/02/2010	Liverpool, Wavertree	Labour	Signed
Charlotte Atkins	09/03/2010	Staffordshire Moorlands	Labour	Signed
Sarah Teather	09/03/2010	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Browne	10/03/2010	Taunton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	15/03/2010	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jacqui Smith	24/03/2010	Redditch	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Wicks	07/04/2010	Croydon North	Labour	Signed

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