PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
TRADITIONAL HERBAL MEDICINAL PRODUCTS DIRECTIVE (4 December 2002)

Motion Details

That this House notes that the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products Directive is currently being considered by the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers; observes that despite amendments passed by the Parliament the Directive would require dossiers to be submitted to the Medicines Control Agency for registration purposes and that the pharmaceutical standard testing required in producing those dossiers would impose costs of tens of thousands of pounds per product on manufacturers; further observes that in many cases the commercial value of specialist products being distributed through specialist retailers is such that producing such dossiers is prohibitively expensive; regrets that even as amended the Directive would not allow onto the market any overseas product which had not been on the European market for 10 years even if it were demonstrably safe and had been used for centuries; further oberves that the Council of Ministers is unlikely to accept all the amendments passed by the Parliament and that the finalised Directive will, therefore, lead to the loss of many existing popular herbal remedies and will undermine consumer protection as products continue to be available from overseas by mail-order with no quality or hygiene controls or in the United Kingdom at high cost from unlicensed and unregulated herbal practitioners; and urges the Secretary of State for Health to renegotiate the main provisions of this flawed Directive so that it does not put out of business specialist manufacturers and retailers or deny consumers access to herbal remedies of their choice.

Sponsored by:
Dr Brian Iddon (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
84
38%
 
 
Conservative
80
36%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
26
12%
 
 
Independent
10
5%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
4
2%
 
 
Scottish National Party
3
1%
 
 
Non-affiliated
3
1%
 
 
Plaid Cymru
3
1%
 
 
Speaker
2
1%
 
 
Not Available
2
1%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
2
1%
 
 
Crossbench
1
0%
 
Sponsor List (220 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Lord Allan of Hallam
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Lab
John Austin
Con
Mr Richard Bacon
Lab
Mr Adrian Bailey
Con
Lord Barker of Battle
Lab
Mr Harry Barnes
Con
Mr John Baron
LD
John Barrett
Con
Lord Bellingham
Lab
Mr Joe Benton
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Mr Harold Best
Con
Lord Blencathra
Ind
Crispin Blunt
Lord Boswell of Aynho
Con
Baroness Bottomley of Nettlestone
Lab
Lord Bradley
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
LD
Tom Brake
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
LD
Mr Colin Breed
Lab
Kevin Brennan
LD
Annette Brooke
Lab
Ms Karen Buck
LD
Lord Burnett
Con
Sir Simon Burns
UUP
David Burnside
LD
Sir Vince Cable
LD
Mrs Patsy Calton
Con
Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton
LD
Lord Campbell of Pittenweem
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Colin Challen
Con
Sir Sydney Chapman
LD
Lord Chidgey
Con
Sir Christopher Chope
Christchurch
Lab
Mr Michael Clapham
Con
Mr James Clappison
Lab
Mrs Helen Clark
Lab
Harry Cohen
Lab
Mr Iain Coleman
Lab
Mr Tony Colman
Lab
Michael Connarty
Derek Conway
Lab
Frank Cook
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
LD
Lord Cotter
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
Mr Jim Cunningham
Lab
Denzil Davies
Lab
Mr Terry Davis
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Mr Parmjit Dhanda
Lab
Mr Andrew Dismore
Con
Mr Jonathan Djanogly
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Mr Brian H. Donohoe
LD
Sue Doughty
Lab
Dr David Drew
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
SNP
Annabelle Ewing
Con
Michael Fabricant
Con
Sir Michael Fallon
Lab
Paul Farrelly
XB
Lord Field of Birkenhead
Con
Mark Field
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Lab
Paul Flynn
Con
Sir Liam Fox
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Lord Garnier
LD
Andrew George
St Ives
Lab
Mr Neil Gerrard
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Con
Lord Goodman of Wycombe
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Con
Charles Hendry
Ind
Lady Hermon
Con
Mr Mark Hoban
Baroness Hoey
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Con
Lord Horam
Con
Lord Howard of Lympne
Con
Sir Gerald Howarth
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon (Sponsor)
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Glenda Jackson
Lab
Helen Jackson
Lab
Mr Robert Jackson
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Lab
Mr Martyn Jones
LD
Mr Paul Keetch
Con
Robert Key
Lab
Mr Piara S Khabra
Lab
Andy King
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Lab
Dr Ashok Kumar
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
LD
Norman Lamb
Lab
Mark Lazarowicz
Lab
Mr Terry Lewis
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
PC
Mr Elfyn Llwyd
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Lab
Mr John Lyons
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
Lab
Andrew Mackinlay
Lab
Fiona Mactaggart
Lab
Mr Khalid Mahmood
Lab
Alice Mahon
Con
Mr Humfrey Malins
Lab
Gordon Marsden
Con
Mr Michael Mates
Con
Baroness May of Maidenhead
Lab
Chris McCafferty
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Con
Lord McLoughlin
Lab
Mr Kevin McNamara
Lab
Mr Tony McWalter
Lab
Mr John McWilliam
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Lab
Austin Mitchell
LD
Michael Moore
Lab
Julie Morgan
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Mr Archie Norman
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
LD
Lembit Öpik
Con
Mr George Osborne
Lab
Albert Owen
Lab
Mr James Plaskitt
PC
Adam Price
Con
Mr Mark Prisk
Lab
Gwyn Prosser
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
LD
Mr Alan Reid
LD
Mr David Rendel
SNP
Angus Robertson
Lab
John Robertson
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
DUP
Mr Peter Robinson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Lab
Christine Russell
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Phil Sawford
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Con
Baroness Shephard of Northwold
Lab
Alan Simpson
Lab
Mr Marsha Singh
Lab
Mr Dennis Skinner
Lab
Lord Smith of Finsbury
Lab
Geraldine Smith
Lab
John Smith
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Lab
Mr Gerry Steinberg
Lab
Mr George Stevenson
Lab
Mr David Stewart
Lab
Mr Paul Stinchcombe
Con
Sir Gary Streeter
LD
Lord Stunell
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Lord Swire
Lab
Mark Tami
Alyn and Deeside
Lab
David Taylor
Con
Mr John D. Taylor
Con
Sir Teddy Taylor
PC
Mr Simon Thomas
Lab
Paddy Tipping
Con
David Tredinnick
Lab
Dr Desmond Turner
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Robert Walter
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
LD
Steve Webb
SNP
Mike Weir
Lab
Brian White
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr John Wilkinson
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams
LD
Roger Williams
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton
Lab
Mike Wood
Con
Lord Young of Cookham
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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