Wto And Drug Availability (EDM835)

Wto And Drug Availability

EDM number 835 in 2003-04, proposed by John Battle on 16/03/2004.

That this House urges the Government to introduce legislation to amend drug patent laws to enable companies to supply cheaper, generic-brand treatments to developing nations in the war against AIDS, following the unanimous WTO Agreement on Trade-Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights and Public Health of August 2003, encouraging member countries to relax patent restrictions; recognises the need to make medical treatment available to the untold millions suffering from deadly infectious diseases, notably HIV/AIDS, in the least developed areas of the world and especially in the poorest countries of Africa; and acknowledges that greater steps can in fact be taken, as recent legislation proposed by the Canadian Government demonstrates, to advance these crucial health and development objectives while also respecting the intellectual property rights of the pharmaceutical industry.

This motion has been signed by a total of 67 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
John Battle	16/03/2004	Leeds West	Labour	Proposed
Ernie Ross	17/03/2004	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	17/03/2004	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/03/2004	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	17/03/2004	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	17/03/2004	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	17/03/2004	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	17/03/2004	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	17/03/2004	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Paul Marsden	17/03/2004	Shrewsbury & Atcham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alice Mahon	17/03/2004	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	17/03/2004	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Lynne Jones	17/03/2004	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Eric Illsley	17/03/2004	Barnsley Central	Labour	Signed
David Lepper	18/03/2004	Brighton, Pavilion	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Harry Barnes	18/03/2004	North East Derbyshire	Labour	Signed
Huw Edwards	18/03/2004	Monmouth	Labour	Signed
Andrew Dismore	18/03/2004	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	18/03/2004	Burton	Labour	Signed
Colin Breed	18/03/2004	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Jones	18/03/2004	Cheltenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	18/03/2004	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	18/03/2004	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	18/03/2004	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Smyth	22/03/2004	Belfast South	UUP	Signed
John McFall	22/03/2004	Dumbarton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Vincent Cable	22/03/2004	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tony Colman	22/03/2004	Putney	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	22/03/2004	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/03/2004	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
John Barrett	22/03/2004	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jenny Tonge	22/03/2004	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	23/03/2004	Heywood & Middleton	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Nigel Evans	23/03/2004	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
Janet Anderson	23/03/2004	Rossendale & Darwen	Labour	Signed
Ann McKechin	23/03/2004	Glasgow, Maryhill	Labour	Signed
Kevin McNamara	23/03/2004	Kingston upon Hull North	Labour	Signed
Rob Marris	23/03/2004	Wolverhampton South West	Labour	Signed
Patsy Calton	23/03/2004	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Greg Pope	24/03/2004	Hyndburn	Labour	Signed
Tony McWalter	24/03/2004	Hemel Hempstead	Labour Co-operative	Signed
David Drew	24/03/2004	Stroud	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Annabelle Ewing	24/03/2004	Perth	Scottish National Party	Signed
Win Griffiths	24/03/2004	Bridgend	Labour	Signed
Simon Thomas	24/03/2004	Ceredigion	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Adrian Bailey	25/03/2004	West Bromwich West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Marsha Singh	26/03/2004	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	26/03/2004	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	26/03/2004	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Lady Hermon	29/03/2004	North Down	UUP	Signed
Betty Williams	29/03/2004	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Syd Rapson	30/03/2004	Portsmouth North	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	30/03/2004	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Sue Doughty	01/04/2004	Guildford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Tynan	01/04/2004	Hamilton South	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	19/04/2004	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Hywel Williams	19/04/2004	Caernarfon	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Tom Brake	26/04/2004	Carshalton & Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	29/04/2004	Glasgow, Govan	Labour	Signed
Brian Cotter	29/04/2004	Weston-Super-Mare	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Doug Naysmith	30/04/2004	Bristol North West	Labour Co-operative	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	06/05/2004	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
John Mann	06/05/2004	Bassetlaw	Labour	Signed
Paul Farrelly	14/05/2004	Newcastle-under-Lyme	Labour	Signed
Diane Abbott	25/05/2004	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Harold Best	25/10/2004	Leeds North West	Labour	Signed
Terry Davis	Unknown			Withdrawn

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