Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDM708)

Eating Disorders Awareness Week

EDM number 708 in 2008-09, proposed by Mark Hunter on 05/02/2009.
Categorised under the topic of Mental health.

That this House welcomes Eating Disorders Awareness Week from 23 to 28 February as a way to draw attention to the need to help the million plus people estimated as suffering from eating disorders in the UK, 90 per cent. of whom are female; calls on the fashion industry to take a stand and stop the use of size zero models who undermine the confidence of young women and give them unreal perceptions of what size is normal and desirable; is shocked that NHS hospitals are having to treat children under 10 years for eating disorders; condemns the pro-anorexia and pro-bulimia websites that masquerade as self-help sites but actually encourage vulnerable young people to hide their disorder from friends and family, fuel their mental illness by falsely promoting it as a lifestyle choice and provide tips on how to continue harming themselves; and calls on internet service providers to regulate these sites and the Government to provide more support for those affected by eating disorders and their families.

This motion has been signed by a total of 80 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Mark Hunter	05/02/2009	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Graham Brady	05/02/2009	Altrincham and Sale West	Conservative	Seconded
Lindsay Hoyle	05/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	05/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jim Dobbin	09/02/2009	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Seconded
Ann Winterton	09/02/2009	Congleton	Conservative	Seconded
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	09/02/2009	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	09/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Taylor	09/02/2009	North West Leicestershire	Labour	Signed
David Crausby	09/02/2009	Bolton North East	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	09/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	09/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Paul Holmes	09/02/2009	Chesterfield	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	09/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Signed
Alistair Carmichael	10/02/2009	Orkney and Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Devine	10/02/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Mark Williams	10/02/2009	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Dan Rogerson	10/02/2009	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Susan Kramer	10/02/2009	Richmond Park	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	10/02/2009	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew George	10/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	10/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	10/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Malcolm Bruce	10/02/2009	Gordon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tom Brake	10/02/2009	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	10/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	10/02/2009	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Anderson	11/02/2009	Rossendale and Darwen	Labour	Signed
Jennifer Willott	11/02/2009	Cardiff Central	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jo Swinson	11/02/2009	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lorely Burt	11/02/2009	Solihull	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Danny Alexander	11/02/2009	Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Hemming	11/02/2009	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	11/02/2009	Finchley and Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	11/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Mike Hancock	11/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Don Foster	11/02/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Nigel Evans	11/02/2009	Ribble Valley	Conservative	Signed
John Pugh	11/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Simpson	11/02/2009	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
David Heath	11/02/2009	Somerton & Frome	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Keetch	11/02/2009	Hereford	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Norman Lamb	11/02/2009	North Norfolk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Chris McCafferty	11/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	11/02/2009	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	12/02/2009	Brecon and Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lynne Featherstone	12/02/2009	Hornsey and Wood Green	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	12/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	23/02/2009	Conwy	Labour	Signed
Andrew Stunell	23/02/2009	Hazel Grove	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Barrett	23/02/2009	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	23/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Mark Durkan	23/02/2009	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
David Drew	23/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Vincent Cable	23/02/2009	Twickenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Malcolm Moss	23/02/2009	North East Cambridgeshire	Conservative	Signed
Michael Moore	23/02/2009	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
William McCrea	23/02/2009	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
David Laws	23/02/2009	Yeovil	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	23/02/2009	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Simon Hughes	23/02/2009	North Southwark and Bermondsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Evan Harris	23/02/2009	Oxford West and Abingdon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Adrian Sanders	23/02/2009	Torbay	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	23/02/2009	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Michael Clapham	24/02/2009	Barnsley West and Penistone	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Sandra Gidley	03/03/2009	Romsey	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Nigel Dodds	04/03/2009	Belfast North	DUP	Signed
Bill Etherington	04/03/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Linda Riordan	04/03/2009	Halifax	Labour	Signed
Brian Jenkins	05/03/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Iris Robinson	16/03/2009	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Ian Gibson	Unknown			Withdrawn
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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