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PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
ASTHMA AND FREE NHS PRESCRIPTIONS (16 May 2005)

Motion Details

That this House commends the role of the charity Asthma UK and its campaigns on behalf of UK sufferers; is alarmed that the number of emergency hospital admissions due to asthma remains unacceptably high in the UK and accepts that part of the reason for this may be individuals' inability to pay for their prescribed medication; and believes such a strategy to be both unjust and economically negative, as limiting asthma treatment in such a way not only prolongs suffering and a deterioration in patients' qualities of life, but also burdens valuable NHS resources with further spiralling ongoing costs for treatment.

Sponsored by:
Sir Alan Meale (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
8
42%
 
 
Independent
4
21%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
11%
 
 
Conservative
2
11%
 
 
Speaker
2
11%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
1
5%
 
Sponsor List (19 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Spk
John Bercow
Lab
Mr Clive Betts
Sheffield South East
Ind
Mr Nicholas Brown
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Jon Cruddas
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
Lab
Clive Efford
Eltham and Chislehurst
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Mrs Sharon Hodgson
Washington and Gateshead South
Spk
Sir Lindsay Hoyle
Chorley
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Con
Mr Laurence Robertson
LD
Sir Bob Russell
Lab
Martin Salter
Con
Mr Ben Wallace

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