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Breastfeeding Strategy In England

EDM number 439 in 2001-02, proposed by Sandra Gidley on 19/11/2001.

That this House notes improving support for breastfeeding is a fundamental public health measure which will both help to improve the health of the nation and reduce inequalities; notes that Northern Ireland, Wales and most health boards in Scotland have breastfeeding strategies and are now working on implementation, although England does not; and believes that, in order to support all women who want to breastfeed, a wide ranging breastfeeding strategy for England is needed which includes plans to raise public awareness, improve education and health professional training in breastfeeding, develop employment law, clarify research priorities, provide accurate information and skilled support through the health service and implement the World Health Organisation's International Code of Marketing of Breast-milk Substitutes throughout the United Kingdom.

This motion has been signed by a total of 103 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Sandra Gidley19/11/2001RomseyLiberal DemocratProposed
Julie Morgan19/11/2001Cardiff NorthLabourSigned
Laura Moffatt19/11/2001CrawleyLabourSigned
Peter Bottomley19/11/2001Worthing WestConservativeSigned
Jenny Tonge19/11/2001Richmond ParkLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Winterton19/11/2001MacclesfieldConservativeSigned
Bob Russell20/11/2001ColchesterLiberal DemocratSigned
Paul Holmes20/11/2001ChesterfieldLiberal DemocratSigned
Jim Knight20/11/2001South DorsetLabourSigned
Kevin McNamara20/11/2001Kingston upon Hull NorthLabourSigned
Harry Cohen20/11/2001Leyton & WansteadLabourSigned
Lynne Jones21/11/2001Birmingham, Selly OakLabourSigned
Martyn Jones21/11/2001Clwyd SouthLabourSigned
Edward O'Hara21/11/2001Knowsley SouthLabourSigned
Annette Brooke21/11/2001Mid Dorset & North PooleLiberal DemocratSigned
Vincent Cable21/11/2001TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Jeremy Corbyn21/11/2001Islington NorthLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin21/11/2001Heywood & MiddletonLabour Co-operativeSigned
Win Griffiths21/11/2001BridgendLabourSigned
Mike Hancock21/11/2001Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Richard Younger-Ross21/11/2001TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Kelvin Hopkins22/11/2001Luton NorthLabourSigned
Andrew George22/11/2001St IvesLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Barnes22/11/2001North East DerbyshireLabourSigned
Paul Truswell22/11/2001PudseyLabourSigned
David Kidney23/11/2001StaffordLabourSigned
Nigel Jones26/11/2001CheltenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Sue Doughty26/11/2001GuildfordLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington26/11/2001Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
David Rendel27/11/2001NewburyLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Hurst27/11/2001BraintreeLabourSigned
Paul Marsden27/11/2001Shrewsbury & AtchamLabourSigned
Michael Clapham27/11/2001Barnsley West & PenistoneLabourSigned
Valerie Davey27/11/2001Bristol WestLabourSigned
Janet Dean27/11/2001BurtonLabourSigned
Harold Best27/11/2001Leeds North WestLabourSigned
Vera Baird28/11/2001RedcarLabourSigned
Ian Davidson29/11/2001Glasgow, PollokLabour Co-operativeSigned
Matthew Green29/11/2001LudlowLiberal DemocratSigned
John Barrett29/11/2001Edinburgh WestLiberal DemocratSigned
David Drew30/11/2001StroudLabour Co-operativeSigned
Andrew Stunell30/11/2001Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Rudi Vis30/11/2001Finchley & Golders GreenLabourSigned
Nick Harvey03/12/2001North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Ann Cryer03/12/2001KeighleyLabourSigned
Betty Williams03/12/2001ConwyLabourSigned
Tom Brake04/12/2001Carshalton & WallingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
Patsy Calton11/12/2001CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell17/12/2001Hayes & HarlingtonLabourSigned
Alan Simpson18/12/2001Nottingham SouthLabourSigned
Mark Todd09/01/2002South DerbyshireLabourSigned
John McWilliam10/01/2002BlaydonLabourSigned
Geraint Davies14/01/2002Croydon CentralLabourSigned
Don Foster16/01/2002BathLiberal DemocratSigned
Diane Abbott17/01/2002Hackney North & Stoke NewingtonLabourSigned
Alice Mahon28/01/2002HalifaxLabourSigned
Bill Olner28/01/2002NuneatonLabourSigned
Neil Gerrard28/01/2002WalthamstowLabourSigned
Colin Breed29/01/2002South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Barbara Follett29/01/2002StevenageLabourSigned
Ian Gibson29/01/2002Norwich NorthLabourSigned
Brian Sedgemore30/01/2002Hackney South & ShoreditchLabourSigned
Tony Lloyd30/01/2002Manchester CentralLabourSigned
Rob Marris30/01/2002Wolverhampton South WestLabourSigned
Colin Challen30/01/2002Morley & RothwellLabourSigned
Phil Willis30/01/2002Harrogate & KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood30/01/2002Batley & SpenLabourSigned
John Mann31/01/2002BassetlawLabourSigned
Paul Stinchcombe31/01/2002WellingboroughLabourSigned
Evan Harris01/02/2002Oxford West & AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Julia Drown01/02/2002South SwindonLabourSigned
David Amess01/02/2002Southend WestConservativeSigned
Joan Walley01/02/2002Stoke-on-Trent NorthLabourSigned
Roger Williams01/02/2002Brecon & RadnorshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Joan Ruddock04/02/2002Lewisham, DeptfordLabourSigned
Stephen Hesford04/02/2002Wirral WestLabourSigned
Tony Colman04/02/2002PutneyLabourSigned
Phil Sawford05/02/2002KetteringLabourSigned
Alan Meale05/02/2002MansfieldLabourSigned
Christine Russell06/02/2002Chester, City ofLabourSigned
Doug Naysmith06/02/2002Bristol North WestLabour Co-operativeSigned
Diana Organ06/02/2002Forest of DeanLabourSigned
Steve Webb06/02/2002NorthavonLiberal DemocratSigned
Joyce Quin07/02/2002Gateshead East & Washington WestLabourSigned
Graham Allen07/02/2002Nottingham NorthLabourSigned
Roger Berry07/02/2002KingswoodLabourSigned
Richard Taylor07/02/2002Wyre ForestIndependentSigned
Jim Cunningham11/02/2002Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Oona King12/02/2002Bethnal Green & BowLabourSigned
David Chaytor12/02/2002Bury NorthLabourSigned
Tony Clarke13/02/2002Northampton SouthLabourSigned
Barry Sheerman25/02/2002HuddersfieldLabour Co-operativeSigned
Desmond Turner04/03/2002Brighton, KemptownLabourSigned
Norman Baker06/03/2002LewesLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris Mole07/03/2002IpswichLabourSigned
Austin Mitchell08/03/2002Great GrimsbyLabourSigned
Peter Bradley10/04/2002Wrekin, TheLabourSigned
David Wright10/04/2002TelfordLabourSigned
Brian White12/04/2002North East Milton KeynesLabourSigned
Jim Cousins18/06/2002Newcastle upon Tyne CentralLabourSigned
Janet Anderson12/07/2002Rossendale & DarwenLabourSigned
Roy Beggs23/07/2002East AntrimUUPSigned
Adrian Flook24/09/2002TauntonConservativeSigned

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