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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY (13 November 2002)

Motion Details

That this House expresses its concern at restrictions on the use of photodynamic therapy for wet age-related macular degeneration to those affected in both eyes; notes that this condemns thousands of people to blindness in one eye and increases the risk that injury or disease to the other eye could lead to blindness or severe visual impairment; notes that many patients will not be prepared to accept this situation and will therefore feel obliged to pay for treatment, thereby building a two-tier service; further notes that the existing difficulties in achieving early diagnosis and referral of this condition will be exacerbated by such guidance; and calls on the Government to intervene to ensure that this draft guidance is changed so that a patient affected in one eye may be treated, and to make a clear statement that there are no plans for treatment for other eye conditions such as cataract, glaucoma and diabetic retinopathy to be rationed in that it is available only to those affected in both eyes.

Sponsored by:
Sir Liam Fox (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
50
74%
 
 
Independent
6
9%
 
 
Labour
3
4%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
3%
 
 
Not Available
2
3%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
2
3%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
1%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (68 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Sir Tony Baldry
Con
Mr John Baron
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Lord Brady of Altrincham
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir Simon Burns
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Derek Conway
Lab
Dr David Drew
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
SNP
Annabelle Ewing
Con
Lord Flight
Con
Mr Adrian Flook
Con
Sir Liam Fox (Sponsor)
Con
Mr Mark Francois
Rayleigh and Wickford
Con
Lord Garnier
Con
Dame Cheryl Gillan
Con
James Gray
Con
Lord Grayling
Con
Mr John Greenway
Ind
Mr Dominic Grieve
Con
Lord Hammond of Runnymede
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Ind
Lady Hermon
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Robert Key
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Con
Baroness McIntosh of Pickering
Ind
Patrick Mercer
Con
Mr Malcolm Moss
Con
Dr Andrew Murrison
South West Wiltshire
Con
Mr Stephen O'Brien
Con
Mr George Osborne
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
Con
Sir Hugh Robertson
Ind
Mrs Iris Robinson
Con
Dame Marion Roe
Con
Andrew Rosindell
Romford
Con
Mr David Ruffley
Mr Jonathan Sayeed
Con
Andrew Selous
Lab
Alan Simpson
UUP
The Rev Martin Smyth
Con
Dame Caroline Spelman
Ind
Bob Spink
Con
Sir Desmond Swayne
New Forest West
Con
Mr Nigel Waterson
Con
Dame Angela Watkinson
Con
Miss Ann Widdecombe
Con
Sir Bill Wiggin
Con
Mr David Wilshire
Con
Ann Winterton
Con
Sir Nicholas Winterton

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