Thalidomide Victims

EDM number 869 in 1994-95, proposed by David Alton on 22/03/1995.

That this House welcomes the publication in the Daily Express of the family history of Thalidomide victims whose own children have also been born with major handicaps and disabilities; believes that the passing on of Thalidomide-induced injuries to a second generation underlines the scale and gravity of the human tragedy caused by Thalidomide; deplores the decision not to grant legal aid to some of these sufferers; and calls on the Lord Chancellor to investigate ways in which justice may be achieved for Thalidomide families and victims.

This motion has been signed by a total of 43 MPs.