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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
HERBAL MEDICINES (13 November 2002)

Motion Details

That this House expresses concerns about the continued proposals for a Directive on Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products, which fails to safeguard the future availability in the United Kingdom of safe herbal remedies, which are currently on sale, but exempt from licensing as medicines; notes that the proposed directive unreasonably requires 30 years' continuous medical usage to obtain a licence, unrealistically demands immediate compliance with technical requirements more suited to pharmaceuticals and excludes many safe and popular products; and calls on the Government to make vigorous efforts to secure amendments to the proposal so as to protect consumers' choice and the livelihood of many hundreds of health food retailers.

Sponsored by:
Sir Liam Fox (Conservative)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Conservative
57
67%
 
 
Independent
8
9%
 
 
Labour
7
8%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
5
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
2%
 
 
Not Available
2
2%
 
 
Ulster Unionist Party
2
2%
 
 
Speaker
1
1%
 
 
Scottish National Party
1
1%
 
Sponsor List (85 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Con
Mr Peter Ainsworth
Con
Sir David Amess
Con
Mr David Atkinson
Con
Sir Tony Baldry
Con
Lord Barker of Battle
Con
Mr John Baron
UUP
Mr Roy Beggs
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Lord Blencathra
Con
Sir Julian Brazier
Con
Sir Simon Burns
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
Derek Conway
LD
Lord Cotter
Ind
Sir Jeffrey M Donaldson
Con
Mr Peter Duncan
Con
Sir Alan Duncan
Lab
Bill Etherington
Con
Mr Nigel Evans
SNP
Annabelle Ewing
Lab
Paul Farrelly
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
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
Con
Sir Oliver Heald
Ind
Lady Hermon
Con
Lord Horam
DUP
Mr Andrew Hunter
Lab
Mr Alan Hurst
Lab
Dr Brian Iddon
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
LD
Lord Jones of Cheltenham
Con
Robert Key
Con
Julie Kirkbride
Con
Baroness Laing of Elderslie
Con
Mrs Jacqui Lait
Con
Sir Julian Lewis
New Forest East
Con
Sir David Lidington
Con
The Marquess of Lothian
Con
Tim Loughton
Con
Sir Peter Luff
Con
Mr Andrew Mackay
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
LD
John Pugh
Con
Lord Randall of Uxbridge
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
Sir Robert Syms
Con
Mr Ian Taylor
Lab
Mr Paul Truswell
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Robert Walter
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
LD
Richard Younger-Ross

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