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Free Contraception

EDM number 526 in 1997-98, proposed by Martyn Jones on 28/11/1997.

That this House belives that free contraception should continue to be available on demand in the United Kingdom so that women and men can continue to plan their families and promote reproductive health; notes that free availability of contraception since 1974 has played a vital part in allowing women to regulate their fertility but that the rate of unplanned pregnancy, and consequently abortion, is still high; suggests that Her Majesty's Government should seek ways of enabling people to use methods of family planning more effectively and should reject in principle any changes, such as the introduction of a charge for prescribed methods of family planning, which might discourage the use of such methods; believes that the introduction of charges for these methods would fall disproportionately on women, as they are the users of prescribed methods, and would create an anomalous situation where a woman could obtain NHS services such as ante-natal care, maternity care and abortion procedures free of cost but not contraceptives; and believes that this would lead to an increase in the number of unplanned and unwanted pregnancies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 98 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Martyn Jones28/11/1997Clwyd SouthLabourProposed
John Austin04/12/1997Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore05/12/1997Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge05/12/1997Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Ernie Ross08/12/1997Dundee WestLabourSigned
Evan Harris08/12/1997Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen08/12/1997Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley08/12/1997CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Fiona Mactaggart09/12/1997SloughLabourSigned
Peter Viggers09/12/1997GosportConservativeSigned
John Swinney09/12/1997North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Ian Gibson09/12/1997Norwich NorthLabourSigned
David Crausby09/12/1997Bolton North EastLabourSigned
Paul Clark09/12/1997GillinghamLabourSigned
Graham Brady09/12/1997Altrincham & Sale WestConservativeSigned
Martin O'Neill09/12/1997OchilLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins09/12/1997Luton NorthLabourSigned
Phyllis Starkey09/12/1997Milton Keynes South WestLabourSigned
Jonathan R Shaw09/12/1997Chatham & AylesfordLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders09/12/1997TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Denis Murphy10/12/1997WansbeckLabourSigned
Mike Wood10/12/1997Batley & SpenLabourSigned
Joe Ashton10/12/1997BassetlawLabourSigned
Tommy Graham10/12/1997West RenfrewshireLabourSigned
Donald Gorrie10/12/1997Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Osborne10/12/1997AyrLabourSigned
Linda Perham10/12/1997Ilford NorthLabourSigned
Lynne Jones10/12/1997Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd10/12/1997Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Julie Kirkbride10/12/1997BromsgroveConservativeSigned
Alan Simpson11/12/1997Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith11/12/1997Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Edward Davey11/12/1997Kingston & SurbitonLiberal DemocratSigned
Jane Griffiths11/12/1997Reading EastLabourSigned
Ian Stewart11/12/1997EcclesLabourSigned
Desmond Turner11/12/1997Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Rudi Vis11/12/1997Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Angela Smith15/12/1997BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Maria Eagle15/12/1997Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell16/12/1997Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham16/12/1997Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Bill Etherington16/12/1997Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe16/12/1997Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
Jacqui Smith17/12/1997RedditchLabourSigned
John McAllion17/12/1997Dundee EastLabourSigned
Janet Dean18/12/1997BurtonLabourSigned
Steve Webb18/12/1997NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Barbara Follett18/12/1997StevenageLabourSigned
John Maxton18/12/1997Glasgow, CathcartLabourSigned
John Cryer18/12/1997HornchurchLabourSigned
Andy King18/12/1997Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Brian Iddon22/12/1997Bolton South EastLabourSigned
Peter Brand22/12/1997Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer22/12/1997KeighleyLabourSigned
Alice Mahon12/01/1998HalifaxLabourSigned
Vincent Cable12/01/1998TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Teresa Gorman12/01/1998BillericayConservativeSigned
Simon Hughes14/01/1998North Southwark & BermondseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ken Livingstone14/01/1998Brent EastLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson14/01/1998Lagan ValleyUUPSigned
Audrey Wise15/01/1998PrestonLabourSigned
Harold Best15/01/1998Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Chris Ruane15/01/1998Vale of ClwydLabourSigned
Margaret Ewing16/01/1998MorayScottish National PartySigned
Paul Truswell16/01/1998PudseyLabourSigned
Jimmy Wray16/01/1998Glasgow, BailliestonLabourSigned
Allan Rogers19/01/1998RhonddaLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell19/01/1998Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Betty Williams19/01/1998ConwyLabourSigned
Julie Morgan20/01/1998Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Peter Robinson20/01/1998Belfast EastDUPSigned
Dennis Skinner21/01/1998BolsoverLabourSigned
John McDonnell21/01/1998Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt22/01/1998CrawleyLabourSigned
Martin Caton22/01/1998GowerLabourSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones23/01/1998Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Graham Stringer26/01/1998Manchester, BlackleyLabourSigned
Matthew Taylor27/01/1998Truro & St AustellLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Livsey28/01/1998Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Gareth Thomas29/01/1998Clwyd WestLabourSigned
Colin Breed30/01/1998South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Louise Ellman03/02/1998Liverpool, RiversideLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jenny Jones05/02/1998Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Andrew George06/02/1998St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty10/02/1998Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Malcolm Chisholm10/02/1998Edinburgh North & LeithLabourSigned
Michael Clapham23/02/1998Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/02/1998CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Tom Brake26/02/1998Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Howard Stoate26/02/1998DartfordLabourSigned
Richard Allan06/03/1998Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Terry Davis11/03/1998Birmingham, Hodge HillLabourSigned
Malcolm Savidge12/03/1998Aberdeen NorthLabourSigned
Ray Michie18/03/1998Argyll & ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Neil Gerrard20/03/1998WalthamstowLabourSigned
Syd Rapson23/03/1998Portsmouth NorthLabourSigned
Nick Harvey21/05/1998North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Margaret HodgeUnknownWithdrawn

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