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CLOSURE OF 'MIDWIVES'

EDM number 365 in 1997-98, proposed by Ann Winterton on 28/10/1997.

That this House notes that Midwives, formerly the Midwives Chronicle, and currently the official journal of the Royal College of Midwives, in December this year will cease publication after 110 continuous years, making it the oldest magazine in the world devoted to the promotion of the skills of midwifery; congratulates Midwives on all its achievements over these years; and notes its demise with sadness.

This motion has been signed by a total of 10 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Ann Winterton28/10/1997CongletonConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones29/10/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
John Austin29/10/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Martin Smyth30/10/1997Belfast SouthUUPSigned
John Cryer30/10/1997HornchurchLabourSigned
Nicholas Winterton30/10/1997MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Marion Roe03/11/1997BroxbourneConservativeSigned
John McDonnell04/11/1997Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
John Cummings04/11/1997EasingtonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt15/12/1997CrawleyLabourSigned

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