Bowel Cancer Awareness (EDM1274)

Bowel Cancer Awareness

EDM number 1274 in 2012-13, proposed by Linda Riordan on 16/04/2013.
Categorised under the topics of Diseases, Health education and preventive medicine and Health services.

That this House welcomes the work of Bowel Cancer UK and the Make Bobby Proud Campaign as well as many others in promoting bowel cancer awareness; notes the recent report outlining that bowel cancer amongst men has increased by more than a quarter in the last 35 years; encourages more research to be done to help fight the disease; further urges more screening opportunities to be made available to people so they feel able to get checked out for signs and symptoms of bowel cancer; further notes that there is a good chance of survival if the cancer is detected early; encourages people to go to their GP if they have any concerns about signs of bowel cancer; and urges people to support bowel cancer awareness month throughout April 2013.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Linda Riordan	16/04/2013	Halifax	Labour	Proposed
Margaret Ritchie	16/04/2013	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Jim Sheridan	16/04/2013	Paisley and Renfrewshire North	Labour	Seconded
Kelvin Hopkins	16/04/2013	Luton North	Labour	Seconded
Mark Durkan	16/04/2013	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Seconded
Andrew George	16/04/2013	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Jeremy Corbyn	17/04/2013	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Grahame Morris	17/04/2013	Easington	Labour	Signed
David Ward	17/04/2013	Bradford East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lindsay Roy	17/04/2013	Glenrothes	Labour	Signed
Virendra Sharma	17/04/2013	Ealing, Southall	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	17/04/2013	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	17/04/2013	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jim Dobbin	17/04/2013	Heywood and Middleton	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	17/04/2013	Gower	Labour	Signed
Gregory Campbell	17/04/2013	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
John McDonnell	17/04/2013	Hayes and Harlington	Labour	Signed
Jim Shannon	17/04/2013	Strangford	DUP	Signed
Julian Lewis	18/04/2013	New Forest East	Conservative	Signed
Ian Lavery	18/04/2013	Wansbeck	Labour	Signed
Mary Glindon	18/04/2013	North Tyneside	Labour	Signed
Peter Bottomley	18/04/2013	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
Paul Murphy	18/04/2013	Torfaen	Labour	Signed
David Simpson	22/04/2013	Upper Bann	DUP	Signed
David Anderson	22/04/2013	Blaydon	Labour	Signed
John Leech	22/04/2013	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Williams	22/04/2013	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Chris Ruane	23/04/2013	Vale of Clwyd	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	23/04/2013	Dwyfor Meirionnydd	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Naomi Long	23/04/2013	Belfast East	Alliance	Signed
Gordon Marsden	23/04/2013	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
William McCrea	23/04/2013	South Antrim	DUP	Signed
Sandra Osborne	23/04/2013	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock	Labour	Signed
Bob Russell	24/04/2013	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	24/04/2013	North Down	Independent	Signed
Mike Gapes	24/04/2013	Ilford South	Labour	Signed

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