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Eating Disorders, Body Image And The Media

EDM number 796 in 1999-00, proposed by Alice Mahon on 05/06/2000.

That this House congratulates the Board of Science and Education of the British Medical Association for the publication of its report 'Eating Disorders, Body Image and the Media' which considers the role that the media can play in the causation of eating disorders; notes that eating disorders have one of the highest mortality rates of all psychiatric illnesses, and are an increasing problem in modern western societies; welcomes the Government summit which is to take place on this issue on 21st June; and calls upon the Government to implement the recommendations in the BMA's report which call for clearly defined targets for the reduction in the number of eating disorders through preventative measures, extra resources to be given for mental health services, specifically eating disorder clinics, and increased public education on the connections between dieting, physical activity and health, and the health risks associated with eating disorders and being underweight.

This motion has been signed by a total of 76 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Alice Mahon05/06/2000HalifaxLabourProposed
Brian Sedgemore05/06/2000Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Betty Williams05/06/2000ConwyLabourSigned
Liz Blackman05/06/2000ErewashLabourSigned
Harold Best05/06/2000Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Ian Gibson05/06/2000Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard05/06/2000WalthamstowLabourSigned
Janet Dean05/06/2000BurtonLabourSigned
Ann Cryer05/06/2000KeighleyLabourSigned
Jeremy Corbyn05/06/2000Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd05/06/2000Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Michael Clapham05/06/2000Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Diana Organ05/06/2000Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt05/06/2000CrawleyLabourSigned
Bill Michie05/06/2000Sheffield, HeeleyLabourSigned
Robert Marshall-Andrews05/06/2000MedwayLabourSigned
Oona King05/06/2000Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
Ann Keen05/06/2000Brentford & IsleworthLabourSigned
Joan Humble05/06/2000Blackpool North & FleetwoodLabourSigned
Kelvin Hopkins05/06/2000Luton NorthLabourSigned
Alan Simpson05/06/2000Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Paul Keetch06/06/2000HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Jenny Tonge06/06/2000Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Eric Clarke06/06/2000MidlothianLabourSigned
Paul Marsden06/06/2000Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Andy King06/06/2000Rugby & KenilworthLabourSigned
Angela Smith06/06/2000BasildonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Gordon Marsden06/06/2000Blackpool SouthLabourSigned
Norman Godman07/06/2000Greenock & InverclydeLabourSigned
Mike Hancock07/06/2000Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Jane Griffiths07/06/2000Reading EastLabourSigned
Eileen Gordon07/06/2000RomfordLabourSigned
Maria Fyfe07/06/2000Glasgow, MaryhillLabourSigned
David Chidgey07/06/2000EastleighLiberal DemocratSigned
Martin Caton07/06/2000GowerLabourSigned
Nigel Jones07/06/2000CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Dennis Skinner07/06/2000BolsoverLabourSigned
Julie Morgan07/06/2000Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Ivan Henderson08/06/2000HarwichLabourSigned
Win Griffiths08/06/2000BridgendLabourSigned
David Drew08/06/2000StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Jim Dobbin08/06/2000Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Ian Davidson08/06/2000Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Tony Clarke08/06/2000Northampton SouthLabourSigned
John McWilliam08/06/2000BlaydonLabourSigned
Lynne Jones08/06/2000Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Barry Jones08/06/2000Alyn & DeesideLabourSigned
Eric Illsley08/06/2000Barnsley CentralLabourSigned
Vincent Cable08/06/2000TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty09/06/2000Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Sandra Gidley09/06/2000RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
Ashok Kumar12/06/2000Middlesbrough South & East ClevelandLabourSigned
Lawrence Cunliffe12/06/2000LeighLabourSigned
John Swinney12/06/2000North TaysideScottish National PartySigned
Judith Church13/06/2000DagenhamLabourSigned
Michael Connarty13/06/2000Falkirk EastLabourSigned
Bill Etherington13/06/2000Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Jon Trickett13/06/2000HemsworthLabourSigned
Iain Coleman14/06/2000Hammersmith & FulhamLabourSigned
Jackie Lawrence14/06/2000Preseli PembrokeshireLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara14/06/2000Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Elfyn Llwyd15/06/2000Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
Andrew George15/06/2000St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis15/06/2000Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Peter Brand19/06/2000Isle of WightLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Truswell20/06/2000PudseyLabourSigned
Margaret Ewing21/06/2000MorayScottish National PartySigned
Russell Brown29/06/2000DumfriesLabourSigned
Tony McWalter06/07/2000Hemel HempsteadLabour Co-operativeSigned
John Austin13/07/2000Erith & ThamesmeadLabourSigned
Mohammad Sarwar18/07/2000Glasgow, GovanLabourSigned
Clive Efford20/07/2000ElthamLabourSigned
Evan Harris21/07/2000Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell27/07/2000Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Irene Adams27/07/2000Paisley NorthLabourSigned
Audrey WiseUnknownWithdrawn

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