Medical Discharge Boards And Armed Forces Personnel

EDM number 361 in 2009-10, proposed by Nick Harvey on 03/12/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Armed forces welfare.

That this House recognises the difficulties with the current Medical Discharge system by which three medical boards discuss the injured person's medical treatment and discharge; believes that insufficiently reliable information about benefits and entitlements is available to service personnel prior to discharge, as well as information about the Discharge board process itself, which is often convoluted and conducted in an uninformative manner; notes that the appointments with the boards can often be intimidating; calls for better support from outside agencies such as the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency; and urges the Government to investigate the matter and to transform medical discharge boards so that they become fairer, more transparent and more accessible in terms of advice and guidance throughout the whole process.

This motion has been signed by a total of 62 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Nick Harvey	03/12/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lynne Jones	07/12/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Seconded
Iris Robinson	08/12/2009	Strangford	DUP	Withdrawn
Mark Oaten	08/12/2009	Winchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Mike Hancock	08/12/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
David Drew	08/12/2009	Stroud	Labour	Seconded
Colin Breed	08/12/2009	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Andrew George	08/12/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Gregory Campbell	08/12/2009	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/2009	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	09/12/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/12/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Phil Willis	09/12/2009	Harrogate & Knaresborough	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Peter Bottomley	09/12/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Flynn	09/12/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Nigel Dodds	09/12/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Jim Dobbin	09/12/2009	Heywood & Middleton	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	09/12/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	09/12/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
George Howarth	09/12/2009	Knowsley North & Sefton East	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	09/12/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
Brian Jenkins	10/12/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Richard Taylor	10/12/2009	Wyre Forest	Independent	Signed
Willie Rennie	14/12/2009	Dunfermline & Fife West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/12/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	14/12/2009	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Jimmy Hood	14/12/2009	Lanark & Hamilton East	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	15/12/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Steve Webb	05/01/2010	Northavon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Stunell	05/01/2010	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	05/01/2010	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	05/01/2010	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	06/01/2010	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	06/01/2010	Ross, Skye & Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	06/01/2010	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	07/01/2010	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Menzies Campbell	07/01/2010	Fife North East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Annette Brooke	07/01/2010	Mid Dorset & North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Moore	07/01/2010	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	07/01/2010	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	11/01/2010	North Down	UUP	Signed
Paul Holmes	11/01/2010	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lembit	11/01/2010	Montgomeryshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Matthew Taylor	11/01/2010	Truro & St Austell	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	11/01/2010	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Mulholland	11/01/2010	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	12/01/2010	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Thurso	12/01/2010	Caithness, Sutherland & Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Reid	13/01/2010	Argyll & Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	13/01/2010	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	13/01/2010	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	14/01/2010	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	19/01/2010	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Roger Williams	21/01/2010	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Davey	21/01/2010	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Julia Goldsworthy	26/01/2010	Falmouth & Camborne	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nadine Dorries	27/01/2010	Mid Bedfordshire	Conservative	Signed
David Howarth	27/01/2010	Cambridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	28/01/2010	Hornsey & Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	29/01/2010	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	01/02/2010	North Southwark & Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jennifer Willott	09/02/2010	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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