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Number Of Midwives In The Nhs

EDM number 1374 in 2006-07, proposed by Philip Davies on 30/04/2007.

That this House recognises the extreme concern at the inadequate number of midwives in the NHS and the increased number of injuries and deaths caused by the low number of midwives; and calls on the Government to increase the number of midwives to be trained in 2007 and 2008 by 5,000, to remove the freeze on the hiring of NHS midwives, and to provide the necessary resources for heads of midwifery, so that they can significantly increase the numbers of experienced midwives in their maternity units, provide one midwife per mother for the whole of labour and provide every pregnant mother with a named midwife and an acceptable level of midwifery contact for care during pregnancy and post natal care.

This motion has been signed by a total of 30 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Philip Davies30/04/2007ShipleyConservativeProposed
Peter Bottomley30/04/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
Michael Penning30/04/2007Hemel HempsteadConservativeSeconded
Bob Spink30/04/2007Castle PointConservativeSeconded
Nicholas Winterton01/05/2007MacclesfieldConservativeSeconded
Andrew George01/05/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Lady Hermon01/05/2007North DownUUPSigned
Mike Hancock01/05/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratSigned
Robert Wareing01/05/2007Liverpool, West DerbyLabourSigned
Stewart Jackson01/05/2007PeterboroughConservativeSigned
Andrew Pelling01/05/2007Croydon CentralConservativeSigned
Jeremy Corbyn02/05/2007Islington NorthLabourSigned
Ann Winterton02/05/2007CongletonConservativeSigned
David Wilshire02/05/2007SpelthorneConservativeSigned
Colin Breed02/05/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
William McCrea02/05/2007South AntrimDUPSigned
Elfyn Llwyd02/05/2007Meirionnydd Nant ConwyPlaid CymruSigned
David Simpson02/05/2007Upper BannDUPSigned
Derek Conway08/05/2007Old Bexley & SidcupConservativeSigned
George Galloway08/05/2007Bethnal Green and BowRespectSigned
John Hemming09/05/2007Birmingham, YardleyLiberal DemocratSigned
Nick Harvey14/05/2007North DevonLiberal DemocratSigned
Sandra Gidley14/05/2007RomseyLiberal DemocratSigned
John Pugh15/05/2007SouthportLiberal DemocratSigned
Alasdair McDonnell15/05/2007Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned
Albert Owen17/05/2007Ynys MLabourSigned
Phil Willis17/05/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Evan Harris18/05/2007Oxford West and AbingdonLiberal DemocratSigned
Hywel Williams22/05/2007CaernarfonPlaid CymruSigned
Nigel Dodds13/06/2007Belfast NorthDUPSigned

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