PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
PARITY OF PRESCRIPTION OF DRUGS FOR THE TREATMENT OF CANCER (30 January 2006)

Motion Details

That this House condemns the continuing postcode lottery in cancer treatment as illustrated by two cases in Gateshead East and Washington West; notes that bowel cancer sufferer Jack Wilson, 66 years of age, has been refused Cetuximab by the NHS because it costs too much although it has been used elsewhere on humanitarian grounds; further notes that 61 year old retired newsagent and grandfather, Fred Fergus, who has a brain tumour, is receiving radiotherapy but has had to use his life savings of £10,000 to pay privately for temozolamide which may extend his life expectancy; welcomes the recent report from the Public Accounts Committee which examined stark inequalities in cancer death rates around the country and inequalities in the availability of the most effective cancer drugs; believes that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) and the rules of the Northern Cancer Network are failing the North East; further believes that NICE should be ensuring that the same treatments are available in every part of the country; and urges the Government to fund all clinically agreed drug treatments and speed up NICE approvals so that the chance to live longer is not dependent on private means or where a person lives.

Sponsored by:
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
40
62%
 
 
Independent
9
14%
 
 
Conservative
4
6%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
4
6%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
2
3%
 
 
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
3%
 
 
Speaker
1
2%
 
 
Workers Party of Britain
1
2%
 
 
Not Available
1
2%
 
 
Non-affiliated
1
2%
 
Sponsor List (65 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Janet Anderson
Lab
Mr David Anderson
Lord Austin of Dudley
Lab
John Austin
Spk
John Bercow
Con
Sir Peter Bottomley
Ind
Mr Nicholas Brown
Lab
Ms Lyn Brown
DUP
Mr Gregory Campbell
East Londonderry
Lab
Mr Ronnie Campbell
Lab
Martin Caton
Lab
Mr David Clelland
Derek Conway
Lab
Frank Cook
Lab
Rosie Cooper
Ind
Jeremy Corbyn
Islington North
Lab
Sir David Crausby
Lab
Mrs Ann Cryer
Lab
John Cummings
Lab
Mrs Janet Dean
Lab
Jim Dobbin
DUP
Lord Dodds of Duncairn
Lab
Dr David Drew
SDLP
Mark Durkan
Lab
Jeff Ennis
Lab
Bill Etherington
Lab
Mark Fisher
Lab
Dr Hywel Francis
Con
Christopher Fraser
WPB
George Galloway
Lab
Dr Ian Gibson
Lab
Mr Roger Godsiff
Ind
Mr Mike Hancock
LD
Sir Nick Harvey
Ind
Mr Stephen Hepburn
Lab
Mrs Sharon Hodgson (Sponsor)
Washington and Gateshead South
Lab
Mr Jim Hood
Ind
Kelvin Hopkins
Ind
Mr Eric Illsley
Lab
Mr Brian Jenkins
Lab
Lynne Jones
Lab
Mr Fraser Kemp
Lab
Kerry McCarthy
Bristol East
Lab
Sarah McCarthy-Fry
DUP
Lord McCrea of Magherafelt and Cookstown
SDLP
Dr Alasdair McDonnell
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Jim McGovern
Lab
Sir Alan Meale
Lab
Austin Mitchell
Lab
Anne Moffat
Lab
Mr Bill Olner
Lab
Mr Jamie Reed
LD
Paul Rowen
Lab
Dame Joan Ruddock
Lab
Mr Mohammad Sarwar
Con
Mr Lee Scott
Lab
Alan Simpson
DUP
David Simpson
Ind
Bob Spink
Lab
Keith Vaz
Lab
Dr Rudi Vis
Con
Mr Ben Wallace
Ind
Mr Robert N. Wareing
Lab
Mrs Betty Williams

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