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Xenotransplantation

EDM number 233 in 1998-99, proposed by Norman Baker on 21/01/1999.

That this House notes the recent submission of an application to the United Kingdom Xenotransplantation Interim Regulatory Authority (UKXIRA) to conduct a clinical trial of a xenotransplantation procedure on human subjects; notes that, despite the theoretical benefits to transplant patients, there are major scientific obstacles and hazards to public health, in particular, the potential of introducing a new viral pathogen into the wider population, which remain to be addressed; observes that the required legal sanctions to enforce the UKXIRA-recommended surveillance regimes for any recipients of animal tissue are currently absent; recognises serious ethical and animal welfare concerns generated by the practice; acknowledges the existence of widespread public unease regarding xenotransplantation, as evidenced by opinion polls and petitions; and, in light of these gaps in scientific knowledge, regulatory powers and the absence of informed public consent, calls upon the Government to withold permission for human xenotransplantation trials pending uniquivocal evidence of the microbiological safety and clinical effectiveness of xenotransplantation, and categorical public consent for the commencement of human trials and, subsequent to these conditions being satisfied, the introduction of the necessary legislation to ensure public health.

This motion has been signed by a total of 50 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Norman Baker21/01/1999LewesLiberal DemocratProposed
Tom Brake21/01/1999Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Maria Eagle21/01/1999Liverpool, GarstonLabourSigned
Paul Flynn21/01/1999Newport WestLabourSigned
David Amess21/01/1999Southend WestConservativeSigned
Lynne Jones25/01/1999Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Andrew Dismore26/01/1999HendonLabourSigned
Ronnie Fearn26/01/1999SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Simpson27/01/1999Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Helen Jones27/01/1999Warrington NorthLabourSigned
Nigel Jones27/01/1999CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Clarke27/01/1999MidlothianLabourSigned
Christine Butler28/01/1999Castle PointLabourSigned
Jackie Ballard28/01/1999TauntonLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes01/02/1999North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Janet Dean03/02/1999BurtonLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin03/02/1999Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Fitzpatrick03/02/1999Poplar & Canning TownLabourSigned
Kerry Pollard04/02/1999St AlbansLabourSigned
Bill Etherington04/02/1999Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Rudi Vis08/02/1999Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Betty Williams08/02/1999ConwyLabourSigned
John Gunnell09/02/1999Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Piara S Khabra09/02/1999Ealing, SouthallLabourSigned
Adrian Sanders09/02/1999TorbayLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner09/02/1999BolsoverLabourSigned
David Drew10/02/1999StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ann Winterton10/02/1999CongletonConservativeSigned
David Chaytor11/02/1999Bury NorthLabourSigned
Tony Benn11/02/1999ChesterfieldLabourSigned
Phil Willis11/02/1999Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Ieuan Wyn Jones15/02/1999Ynys MPlaid CymruSigned
Gordon Marsden15/02/1999Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Ann Cryer15/02/1999KeighleyLabourSigned
Tommy Graham16/02/1999West RenfrewshireIndependent LabourSigned
Kevin McNamara22/02/1999Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Jenny Tonge22/02/1999Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
David Rendel24/02/1999NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Frank Cook24/02/1999Stockton NorthLabourSigned
Richard Body25/02/1999Boston & SkegnessConservativeSigned
Austin Mitchell02/03/1999Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Jenny Jones03/03/1999Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
John McDonnell05/03/1999Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Audrey Wise05/03/1999PrestonLabourSigned
Dafydd Wigley10/03/1999CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Donald Gorrie19/03/1999Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey22/03/1999North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Russell Brown24/03/1999DumfriesLabourSigned
Andrew George24/03/1999St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Win Griffiths12/05/1999BridgendLabourSigned

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