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HEALTH SERVICE OMBUDSMAN'S REPORT PA-2823

EDM number 1718 in 2006-07, proposed by Mike Hancock on 18/06/2007.

That this House notes the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's (PHSO) investigation report PA-2823, which rejects Uncaged's complaint against the Home Office's regulation of Imutran's pig-to-primate organ transplant research, laid before Parliament in December 2006; further notes that Uncaged won a legal battle having asserted Home Office maladministration in this case; further notes that at least 17 primates that were used in Imutran procedures categorised as of only moderate severity were found dead or in a collapsed state, rather than being euthanased before they suffered a significant departure from their health as required by the moderate severity limit according to published policy; is deeply concerned about the PHSO's erroneous reasoning at paragraph 13, which confuses the degree of harm caused by death in itself with the level of harm involved in this case where the experiments were allowed to continue until the animal is found dead as a direct result of the experiment (i.e. death as the endpoint); notes that the PHSO has repeatedly refused to respond substantively to Uncaged's expert submissions regarding this unsound reasoning; and asks the Government to establish an independent inquiry into the numerous significant outstanding concerns regarding the regulation of this research programme in the light of PHSO's flawed investigation.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Mike Hancock18/06/2007Portsmouth SouthLiberal DemocratProposed
Norman Baker18/06/2007LewesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Peter Bottomley19/06/2007Worthing WestConservativeSeconded
David Drew19/06/2007StroudLabourSeconded
Jeremy Corbyn19/06/2007Islington NorthLabourSeconded
Andrew George19/06/2007St IvesLiberal DemocratSeconded
Derek Wyatt20/06/2007Sittingbourne and SheppeyLabourSigned
Clive Efford21/06/2007ElthamLabourSigned
Paul Flynn21/06/2007Newport WestLabourSigned
Vincent Cable25/06/2007TwickenhamLiberal DemocratSigned
Phil Willis25/06/2007Harrogate and KnaresboroughLiberal DemocratSigned
Bill Etherington28/06/2007Sunderland NorthLabourSigned
Andrew Stunell02/07/2007Hazel GroveLiberal DemocratSigned
Chris McCafferty03/07/2007Calder ValleyLabourSigned
Rudi Vis04/07/2007Finchley and Golders GreenLabourSigned
Dan Rogerson05/07/2007North CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
John McDonnell25/07/2007Hayes and HarlingtonLabourSigned
Greg Mulholland08/10/2007Leeds North WestLiberal DemocratSigned
John Leech08/10/2007Manchester, WithingtonLiberal DemocratSigned
David Howarth08/10/2007CambridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Gary Streeter08/10/2007South West DevonConservativeSigned
Howard Stoate08/10/2007DartfordLabourSigned
Patrick Hall08/10/2007BedfordLabourSigned
Colin Challen08/10/2007Morley and RothwellLabourSigned
Ronnie Campbell08/10/2007Blyth ValleyLabourSigned
Colin Burgon08/10/2007ElmetLabourSigned
Karen Buck08/10/2007Regent's Park and Kensington NorthLabourSigned
Sandra Osborne08/10/2007Ayr, Carrick and CumnockLabourSigned
Paul Keetch08/10/2007HerefordLiberal DemocratSigned
Nicholas Clegg08/10/2007Sheffield, HallamLiberal DemocratSigned
Gwyn Prosser09/10/2007DoverLabourSigned
Glenda Jackson10/10/2007Hampstead and HighgateLabourSigned
Tim Farron10/10/2007Westmorland and LonsdaleLiberal DemocratSigned
John Heppell11/10/2007Nottingham EastLabourSigned
Jim Dobbin11/10/2007Heywood and MiddletonLabourSigned
Andrew MacKinlay15/10/2007ThurrockLabourSigned
Jim Cunningham15/10/2007Coventry SouthLabourSigned
Mark Hunter15/10/2007CheadleLiberal DemocratSigned
Colin Breed16/10/2007South East CornwallLiberal DemocratSigned
Alan Reid17/10/2007Argyll and ButeLiberal DemocratSigned
Patrick Mercer17/10/2007NewarkConservativeSigned
Michael Clapham17/10/2007Barnsley West and PenistoneLabourSigned
Kerry McCarthy17/10/2007Bristol EastLabourSigned
Jeffrey M Donaldson19/10/2007Lagan ValleyDUPSigned
Richard Younger-Ross19/10/2007TeignbridgeLiberal DemocratSigned
Mike Wood22/10/2007Batley and SpenLabourSigned
Joan Humble24/10/2007Blackpool North and FleetwoodLabourSigned
Lembit 24/10/2007MontgomeryshireLiberal DemocratSigned
Harry Cohen24/10/2007Leyton and WansteadLabourSigned
Robert Walter25/10/2007North DorsetConservativeSigned
Alan Meale29/10/2007MansfieldLabourSigned
Ann Clwyd29/10/2007Cynon ValleyLabourSigned
Mike Gapes29/10/2007Ilford SouthLabourSigned

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