Slimming Pills (EDM89)

Slimming Pills

EDM number 89 in 1998-99, proposed by Alice Mahon on 07/12/1998.

That this House congratulates BBC Scotland on their programme, Slim Chance, in the Frontline Scotland series to be broadcast on Tuesday 8th December; welcomes their expose of the slimming pill industry in Scotland; calls on the Departments of Health in England, Wales and Scotland to take urgent action to ensure that members of the public are fully protected from any possible dangers, medical, financial or otherwise; and calls on the General Medical Council to take any action it deems appropriate against those who may be acting unethically.

This motion has been signed by a total of 42 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alice Mahon	07/12/1998	Halifax	Labour	Proposed
Ann Keen	07/12/1998	Brentford & Isleworth	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/12/1998	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Rosemary McKenna	07/12/1998	Cumbernauld & Kilsyth	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/12/1998	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	07/12/1998	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	07/12/1998	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Harry Barnes	07/12/1998	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Ashok Kumar	08/12/1998	Middlesbrough South & East Cleveland	Labour	Signed
Norman Godman	08/12/1998	Greenock & Inverclyde	Labour	Signed
Ian Gibson	08/12/1998	Norwich North	Labour	Signed
Maria Fyfe	08/12/1998	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Lawrence Cunliffe	08/12/1998	Leigh	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Chisholm	08/12/1998	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Tom Brake	08/12/1998	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eric Illsley	08/12/1998	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
Lindsay Hoyle	08/12/1998	Chorley	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	09/12/1998	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Derek Wyatt	09/12/1998	Sittingbourne & Sheppey	Labour	Signed
Bill Michie	09/12/1998	Sheffield, Heeley	Labour	Signed
Dennis Skinner	09/12/1998	Bolsover	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	09/12/1998	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Brian Iddon	09/12/1998	Bolton South East	Labour	Signed
Gordon Prentice	10/12/1998	Pendle	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	10/12/1998	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Russell Brown	10/12/1998	Dumfries	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	10/12/1998	Hornchurch	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	10/12/1998	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
John Austin	10/12/1998	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Paul Truswell	10/12/1998	Pudsey	Labour	Signed
Robert Wareing	14/12/1998	Liverpool, West Derby	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	14/12/1998	Hendon	Labour	Signed
John McAllion	15/12/1998	Dundee East	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	15/12/1998	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Audrey Wise	15/12/1998	Preston	Labour	Signed
Oona King	16/12/1998	Bethnal Green & Bow	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	17/12/1998	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Betty Williams	12/01/1999	Conwy	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	05/03/1999	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Ken Livingstone	05/05/1999	Brent East	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	10/05/1999	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	Unknown			Withdrawn

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