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Prescription Fraud

EDM number 168 in 1997-98, proposed by Stephen Twigg on 25/06/1997.

That this House recognises that the overwhelming majority of doctors, pharmacists and patients in the NHS are thoroughly honest and is proud of them; nevertheless is appalled at the revelation by the NHS Executive that the amount of money lost through prescription fraud by a tiny minority is thought to be around ú100 million a year - on average, ú1 million per health authority; believes that prescriptions are a vital part of the NHS care and that those that are exploiting the system are not only cheating taxpayers, but also depriving patients of the care that they need; notes that if every health authority was able to spend an extra ú1 million on patient care, each authority could carry out an extra 145 heart bypass operations, or an extra 689 cataract operations or an extra 222 hip replacements or an extra 65 kidney transplants; and welcomes the prompt action taken by the Government to begin the fightback against the fraudsters.

This motion has been signed by a total of 70 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Stephen Twigg25/06/1997Enfield, SouthgateLabourProposed
Joan Ryan25/06/1997Enfield NorthLabourSeconded
Dari Taylor25/06/1997Stockton SouthLabourSeconded
Margaret Moran25/06/1997Luton SouthLabourSeconded
Martin Salter25/06/1997Reading WestLabourSeconded
Ben Bradshaw25/06/1997ExeterLabourSeconded
Paul Stinchcombe26/06/1997WellingboroughLabourSigned
Derek Wyatt26/06/1997Sittingbourne & SheppeyLabourSigned
Harry Barnes26/06/1997North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
John Austin26/06/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Norman Godman26/06/1997Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Paul Flynn26/06/1997Newport WestLabourSigned
Jeff Ennis26/06/1997Barnsley East & MexboroughLabourSigned
John Cummings26/06/1997EasingtonLabourSigned
Ken Livingstone26/06/1997Brent EastLabourSigned
Brian Iddon26/06/1997Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Phil Hope26/06/1997CorbyLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ernie Ross26/06/1997Dundee WestLabourSigned
Martin Smyth26/06/1997Belfast SouthUUPSigned
Jim Dobbin26/06/1997Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
John McWilliam27/06/1997BlaydonLabourSigned
Gareth Thomas27/06/1997Harrow WestLabourSigned
Peter Brand27/06/1997Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Peter Pike27/06/1997BurnleyLabourSigned
Tom Cox30/06/1997TootingLabourSigned
Angela Smith01/07/1997BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
David Taylor01/07/1997North West LeicestershireLabour Co-operativeSigned
Mike Hancock01/07/1997Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Donald Gorrie01/07/1997Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe01/07/1997LeighLabourSigned
Eric Clarke01/07/1997MidlothianLabourSigned
Anne Campbell01/07/1997CambridgeLabourSigned
Richard Burden01/07/1997Birmingham, NorthfieldLabourSigned
Fraser Kemp01/07/1997Houghton & Washington EastLabourSigned
Jean Corston02/07/1997Bristol EastLabourSigned
Tony McNulty02/07/1997Harrow EastLabourSigned
Ivor Caplin02/07/1997HoveLabourSigned
Eric Illsley02/07/1997Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara02/07/1997Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Rachel Squire03/07/1997Dunfermline WestLabourSigned
Lynne Jones07/07/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Gerry Steinberg07/07/1997Durham, City ofLabourSigned
John McDonnell08/07/1997Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Barry Gardiner08/07/1997Brent NorthLabourSigned
Roy Beggs08/07/1997East AntrimUUPSigned
Oona King09/07/1997Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
David Drew10/07/1997StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Bill Etherington10/07/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Gordon Marsden15/07/1997Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Michael Clapham16/07/1997Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore17/07/1997HendonLabourSigned
Rudi Vis22/07/1997Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Paul Truswell24/07/1997PudseyLabourSigned
Tony Colman24/07/1997PutneyLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt24/07/1997CrawleyLabourSigned
Christine Butler28/07/1997Castle PointLabourSigned
Mark Oaten29/07/1997WinchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Turner29/07/1997Wolverhampton South EastLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Gunnell30/07/1997Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Nick Harvey31/07/1997North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Gillian Merron31/07/1997LincolnLabourSigned
Yvette Cooper31/07/1997Pontefract & CastlefordLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge27/10/1997Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams30/10/1997ConwyLabourSigned
Terry Rooney06/11/1997Bradford NorthLabourSigned
Jim Marshall06/11/1997Leicester SouthLabourSigned
Don Touhig06/11/1997IslwynLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ivan Lewis10/11/1997Bury SouthLabourSigned
Tony McWalter24/11/1997Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
Alan MealeUnknownWithdrawn

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