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EDM 884 on Therapy of Multiple Sclerosis. Tabled by Austin Mitchell on 22nd June '00 and endorsed by 68 MP's so far. |
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EDM 798 on Recreational of Cannabis. Tabled by Paul Flynn on 6th June '00 and endorsed by 22 MP's so far. |
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EDM 584 on the Legalisation of Cannabis. Tabled by Paul Flynn on 30th March '00 and endorsed by 22 MP's so far. |
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EDM 557 on the Therapeutic use of Cannabis. Tabled by Austin Mitchell on 22nd March '00 and endorsed by 48 MP's so far. |
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EDM 12 on Drug Prohibition. Tabled by Paul Flynn on 17th November '99 and endorsed by 15 MP's so far. |
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EDM 3 on Medicinal Cannabis Tabled by Paul Flynn on 17th November '99 and endorsed by 93 MP's so far. |
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EDM 7 on A Royal Commission on Illegal Drugs. Tabled by Paul Flynn on 4th June '97 and endorsed by 24 MP's so far. |
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EDM 158 on Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis Tabled by Paul Flynn on 7th November '96 and endorsed by 31 MP's that we know of. |
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EDM 782 on Therapeutic Uses of Cannabis Tabled by Paul Flynn on 13th March '95 and endorsed by 36 MP's. |
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EDM 1360 on Multiple Sclerosis and the Use of Cannabis Tabled by Liz Lynne on 21st June '94 and endorsed by 55 MP's. |
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EDM xxx on German Cannabis Decriminalisation Tabled by Paul Flynn on 29th April '94 and endorsed by 18 MP's. |
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EDM yyy on Cannabis and Tobacco Use Tabled by Paul Flynn on 25th January '94 and endorsed by 44 MP's. |
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EDM zzz on Royal Commission on Cannabis Tabled by Tony Banks on 15th December '93 and endorsed by 21 MPs. |
| Tabled by Austin Mitchell on June 22nd '00, and endorsed by 68 MP's so far.
UKCIA asks all its UK readers to write to their MPs, asking them to endorse EDM 884. Don't worry about whether your MP might have signed it already, just do it anyway and do it today! You might be able to email your MP!. Please email any replies you get to UKCIA, for our MP's views database project. |
That this House, in view of the large numbers of multiple sclerosis sufferers using cannabis to alleviate and treat their condition, because they know its value as confirmed by the BMA report on cannabis, and the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology which recommended that it should be made available to them, knowing that in the light of all this, juries have become increasingly reluctant to sustain prosecutions against the victims of this terrible disease, for possession, use or even growing cannabis, a failure which brings the law into disrepute and undermines the war against hard drugs, as the Runciman Report for the Police Foundation wisely points out; regrets that the Government refuses to hear representations from the Alliance for Cannabis Therapeutics and its expert advisers on the grounds that decisions must be postponed indefinitely for protracted research; considers that this unjust attempt to postpone the inevitable is an abdication of responsibility, particularly now that NICE is recommending withholding from new MS victims the only current alternative treatment, beta interferon; and recommends the Government to grasp the nettle and to stop putting MS sufferers on the front line of its war against drugs by ending attempts to prosecute victims of multiple sclerosis, or their close relatives, for using, possessing or growing cannabis, for treatment of their condition, when recommended in writing by their doctor.
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Mitchell/Austin Flynn/Paul Wigley/Dafydd Iddon/Brian Simpson/Alan Jones/Lynne Ballard/Jackie Wise/Audrey Michie/Bill Llwyd/Elfyn Corbyn/Jeremy Godman/Norman A Wright/Anthony D King/Oona McNamara/Kevin O'Neill/Martin Caton/Martin Gidley/Sandra Campbell/Ronnie Wyatt/Derek Body/Richard Harvey/Nick Jones/Nigel |
Davey/Valerie Cohen/Harry Hancock/Mike Best/Harold Opik/Lembit Brand/Peter Ewing/Margaret Lewis/Terry Jones/Barry Rapson/Syd Taylor/Matthew Organ/Diana Connarty/Michael Gorman/Teresa Wood/Mike Vis/Rudi Cable/Vincent Cotter/Brian Bradshaw/Ben Barnes/Harry Benn/Tony Cann/Jamie Sawford/Phil |
Cook/Frank Brake/Tom Cousins/Jim Michie/Ray McWalter/Tony Jackson/Robert Tonge/Jenny Cryer/Ann Foster/Derek Gorrie/Donald Austin/John Mahon/Alice Naysmith/Doug McAllion/John Clwyd/Ann Efford/Clive Dean/Janet Clarke/Tony Adams/Irene Abbott/Diane McDonnell/John Rendel/David |
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| Tabled by Paul Flynn,
Labour MP for Newport West, on June 6th '00, and endorsed by 22 MP's that we know of.
UKCIA asks all its UK readers to write to their MPs, asking them to endorse EDM 798. Don't worry about whether your MP might have signed it already, just do it anyway and do it today! You might be able to email your MP!. Please email any replies you get to UKCIA, for our MP's views database project. |
That this House believes that the use of recreational cannabis should be allowed under strictly controlled conditions for an experimental period on the lines of the licensed cannabis cafes in the Netherlands.
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Flynn/Paul Jackson/Robert Cook/Frank Gorman/Teresa Clwyd/Ann Iddon/Brian Godman/Norman A Bradshaw/Ben |
Benn/Tony Wood/Mike Vis/Rudi Jones/Lynne Tonge/Jenny Cryer/Ann Body/Richard |
Griffiths/Jane Gerrard/Neil Gibson/Ian Simpson/Alan Marshall-Andrews/Robert Barnes/Harry McDonnell/John |
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| Tabled by Paul Flynn,
Labour MP for Newport West, on March 30th '00, and endorsed by 22 MP's.that we know of.
UKCIA asks all its UK readers to write to their MPs, asking them to endorse EDM 584. Don't worry about whether your MP might have signed it already, just do it anyway and do it today! You might be able to email your MP!. Please email any replies you get to UKCIA, for our MP's views database project. |
That this House congratulates the Daily Telegraph for their intelligent, progressive call to legalise cannabis for an experimental period.
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| Flynn/Paul Abbott/Diane Austin/John Barnes/Harry Campbell/Ronnie Cohen/Harry Cook/Frank |
Corbyn/Jeremy Cryer/Ann Gibson/Ian Godman/Norman A Iddon/Brian Jones/Lynne Mahon/Alice Best/Harold |
Michie/Bill Mitchell/Austin Morgan/Julie Prentice/Gordon Simpson/Alan Tonge/Jenny Vis/Rudi |
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| Tabled by Austin Mitchell MP on March 22nd '00, and endorsed by 48 MP's.that we know of.
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That this House, recognising that decriminalising marijuana possession is on the agenda and likely to become, with the Police Foundation report, an issue which will precipitate emotive public debate urges Her Majesty's Government to take the question of the therapeutic use of marijuana for the treatment of medical conditions such as multiple sclerosis, Aids, arthritis and the relief of severe pain, out of this debate entirely so as to ensure that sufferers are not forced onto the streets to purchase illegal drugs or face an omnipresent threat of prosecution which puts the sick and dying on the frontline of the war against drugs, but that instead, recognising the opinion of the House of Lords Select Committee on Science and Technology that marijuana has therapeutic value as well as the overwhelming volume of evidence about its benefits which is now emerging, should follow the suggestions of the Lords' Select Committee, accelerate the research which will legitimise prescription of marijuana for treatment on a named patient basis, but in the meantime, to prevent the law being brought into disrepute and juries being faced with agonising choices about jailing MS victims suggests that the police be instructed not to prosecute victims of these diseases and conditions who grow or purchase marijuana for their own exclusive use with the written support of their doctor, so that with the issue of medical use taken out of the debate, the wider decisions on marijuana can be taken on a rational and considered basis.
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| Mitchell/Austin Flynn/Paul Iddon/Brian Austin/John Bradley/Peter Barnes/Harry Gerrard/Neil Prentice/Gordon Cryer/Ann Harris/Evan Wigley/Dafydd Griffiths/Jane Gorrie/Donald Cotter/Brian Cable/Vincent Michie/Bill |
Cohen/Harry Simpson/Alan Jones/Lynne Godman/Norman A Brand/Peter Steinberg/Gerry Brake/Tom Tonge/Jenny McNamara/Kevin Ballard/Jackie Corbyn/Jeremy Caton/Martin O'Hara/Edward Gunnell/John Mahon/Alice Lewis/Terry |
Moffatt/Laura Thomas/Simon Sawford/Phil Best/Harold Bradshaw/Ben Gibson/Ian Clwyd/Ann George/Andrew Abbott/Diane Cook/Frank Salter/Martin White/Brian McDonnell/John Wise/Audrey Harvey/Nick Campbell/Ronnie |
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| Tabled by Paul Flynn, Labour MP for Newport West, on November 17th '99, and endorsed by 15 MP's.that we know of. | That this House regrets that the present Government will suffer the fate of all other governments of the past 30 years by ending their term of office with illegal drug problems at a higher level than when they were elected; and calls for a fresh judgement of the futility of drugs prohibition, consideration of the successes of policies of regulated decriminalisation of soft drugs and the treatment of addicts as patients, not criminals.
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| Flynn/Paul Corbyn/Jeremy Austin/John Jones/Lynne Tonge/Jenny |
Cummings/John Godman/Norman A Cryer/Ann Jones/Nigel Cook/Frank |
Campbell/Ronnie Vis/Rudi Mahon/Alice Iddon/Brian McDonnell/John |
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| Tabled by Paul Flynn,
Labour MP for Newport West, on November 17th '99, and endorsed by 93 MP's so far.
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That this House deplores the continuing criminalisation of thousands of otherwise law-abiding people who use cannabis medicinally to relieve chronic pain and distress caused by multiple sclerosis, AIDS, and the side-effects of chemotherapy; and supports the simple change in the law recommended by the House of Lords Select Committee on Science to allow a limited number of doctors to prescribe cannabis to named patients in the same way that millions of other prescriptions are now dispensed.
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| Flynn/Paul Austin/John Harris/Evan Brake/Tom Iddon/Brian Bradshaw/Ben Mitchell/Austin Wise/Audrey Jones/Lynne Tonge/Jenny Hancock/Mike Mahon/Alice Cummings/John Godman/Norman A Cryer/Ann Barnes/Harry Kumar/Ashok Lewis/Terry Cousins/Jim Foster/Derek Organ/Diana Breed/Colin Abbott/Diane Bottomley/Peter O'Neill/Martin Beith/AJ Bell/Martin Williams/Betty McAllion/John Benn/Tony Wood/Mike |
George/Andrew Cotter/Brian Simpson/Alan Jones/Nigel Ballard/Jackie Sarwar/Mohammad Caton/Martin Michie/Bill Turner/Desmond McNamara/Kevin Cable/Vincent Cook/Frank Jones/Jenny Campbell/Ronnie Corbyn/Jeremy Vis/Rudi Prentice/Gordon Lloyd/Peter Connarty/Michael Wright/Tony Wright/Anthony D Pike/Peter L Ewing/Margaret Sanders/Adrian McWalter/Tony Body/Richard Cohen/Harry Jackson/Robert Wyatt/Derek Taylor/Dari Griffiths/Jane |
Brand/Peter Clapham/Michael Gorrie/Donald Steinberg/Gerry Hughes/Simon Gerrard/Neil Harvey/Nick Best/Harold Davey/Valerie McDonnell/John Clarke/Tony Dawson/Hilton Kingham/Tess Sawford/Phil King/Oona Salter/Martin Naysmith/Doug Thomas/Simon Rapson/Syd Worthington/Tony Strang/Gavin Opik/Lembit Clwyd/Ann Cann/Jamie Bradley/Peter Field/Frank Gorman/Teresa Mudie/George Benn/Hilary Gidley/Sandra Marshall-Andrews/Robert |
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| Tabled by Paul Flynn,
Labour MP for Newport West, on June 4th '97, and endorsed by 24 MP's.that we know of.
UKCIA asks all its UK readers to write to their MPs, asking them to endorse EDM 7. Don't worry about whether your MP might have signed it already, just do it anyway and do it today! You might be able to email your MP!. Please email any replies you get to UKCIA, for our MP's views database project. |
That this House notes the continuing failure of illegal drugs prohibition policies, confirmed by the annual increases of drugs deaths and addiction; and calls for the establishment of a Royal Commission to examine alternative policies.
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| Diane Abbott John Austin-Walker Jackie Ballard Peter Brand Ronnie Campbell Harry Cohen Jeremy Corbyn Lawrence Cunliffe |
Ian Davidson Bill Etherington Ronnie Fern Paul Flynn Neil Gerrard Donald Gorrie Mike Hancock Brian Iddon |
Lynne Jones Martyn Jones Nigel Jones Ken Livingstone Andrew Mackinlay John McDonnell Alan Simpson Andrew Stunnell |
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| Tabled by Paul Flynn,
Labour MP for Newport West, on November 7th '96, and endorsed by 31 MP's that we know of.
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That this House applauds the approval of the voters of California and Arizona of the medicinal use of cannabis for treating the symptoms of serious illneses; notes that cannabis was prescribed in the United Kingdom until 1971 without harmful results; recognises that cannabis sativa is non-addictive, less toxic than asprin, has never been proved to have poisoned anyone and is more benign that almost all other palliative medicines; recals that it has been used as a medicine by hundreds of millions of people for 3,000 years in all continents; and calls on the Government to allow its prescription in tablet form for patients suffering from multiple sclerosis, glaucoma. cerebral palsy, AIDS and the effects of chemotherapy. |
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| John Austin-Walker Tony Banks Richard Burden Ronnie Campbell Ann Clwyd Michael Connarty John Cummings Chris Davies Paul Flynn Don Foster |
Neil Gerrard Mildred Gordon Teresa Gorman Bernie Grant Win Griffiths John Gunnell Nick Harvey Keith Hill Kath Hoey Alan Howarth |
Russell Johnstone Lynne Jones Martyn Jones Ken Livingstone Bill Michie Colin Pickthall Gordon Prentice Alan Simpson Gerry Steinberg Paddy Tipping Audrey Wise |
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| A group of three Torys (Tim Rathbone, Peter Bottomley & Llin Golding) tabled a "spoiler" amendment, which would keep the status quo. | Line 1: leave out from 'House' to end and add 'questions whether the medicinal use of cannabis is in the best interests of the patients, but calls upon the Government to investigate the medicinal pros and cons, to report speedily and to confirm or amend present directives as may be necessary.' | ||
Tabled by Paul Flynn on 13th March '95 and endorsed by 36 MP's that we know of. |
'This House congratulates the Canberra Assembly of Australia for legalising the possession and cultivation of cannabis for medicinal use; applauds the 35 states of the United States that have allowed its use for therapeutic purposes; notes that cannabis was prescribed in the Untied Kingdom until 1971 without harmful results; and urges the Government to respond swiftly and positively to the evidence of the Alliance of Cannabis Therapeutics and the drug relieves the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, glaucoma, AIDS and some cancers.' |
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| John Austin-Walker Tony Banks Hugh Bayley Richard Burden Ronnie Campbell Jamie Cann Michael Connarty Jean Corston John Cummings Chris Davies Andrew Faulds Paul Flynn |
Don Foster Neil Gerrard Mildred Gordon Bernie Grant Win Griffiths Nick Harvey John Heppel Keith Hill Kevin Hughes Simon Hughes Russell Johnston Lynne Jones |
Martyn Jones Ken Livingstone Liz Lynne Diana Maddock Bill Michie Gordon Prentice Alan Simpson Clive Soley Gerry Steinberg Paddy Tipping Dafydd Wigley Audrey Wise |
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Tabled by Liz Lynne on 21st June '94 and endorsed by 55 MP's that we know of. |
'This house recognises that multiple sclerosis is a debilitating condition and that there is a body of evidence that cannabis can be beneficial in the control of some of the symptoms and urges the Government to pass legislation so that the prescribing of cannabis can occur for the specific use of multiple sclerosis in the same way as morphine is legally prescribed at the moment for the control of pain in other conditions.' |
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| David Alton Janet Anderson Tony Banks Harry Barnes Hugh Bayley Roland Boyes Keith Bradley Richard Burden DN Campbell-Savours Ronnie Campbell Jamie Cann Michael Clapham Eric Clarke David Clelland Michael Connarty Jean Corston John Cummings Cynog Dafis Jim Dowd |
Jimmy Dunnachie Bill Etherington John Evans Andrew Faulds Paul Flynn Neil Gerrard Norman A Godman Bernie Grant Win Griffiths John Gunnell Nick Harvey John Heppel Keith Hill Alan Howarth Kevin Hughes Simon Hughes Lynne Jones Martyn Jones |
Alan Keen Archie Kirkwood Ken Livingstone Liz Lynne Diana Maddock Alan Meale Bill Michie Alfred Morris Peter L Pike William Ross Alex Salmon Alan Simpson Martin Smyth Clive Soley Gerry Steinberg Dennis Turner Dafydd Wigley Audrey Wise |
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Tabled by Paul Flynn on 29th April '94 and endorsed by 18 MP's that we know of. |
'This house welcomes the ruling of the German Constitutional Court that those possessing small quantities of cannabis for personal use should not be prosecuted; accepts the assertion by Judge Wolfgang Nescovic that medical studies show that medical studies show that smoking one or two cannabis cigarettes a day is harmless 'or at least less dangerous than the daily consumption of alcohol or 20 cigarettes'; and urges Her Majesty's Government to adopt a similar reasoned approach in order to undercut the price of illegal drugs and reduce crime.' |
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| John Austin-Walker Tony Banks Richard Burden Ronnie Campbell David Clelland Harry Cohen |
Bill Etherington Paul Flynn John Heppel Lynne Jones Martyn Jones Ken Livingstone |
Tony Lloyd Max Madden Bill Michie Clive Soley Keith Vaz Mike Watson |
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Tabled by Paul Flynn on 25th January '94 and endorsed by 44 MP's that we know of. |
'This House notes that each year in the United Kingdom deaths attributable to drug use are, cannabis 0, heroin 100, alcohol 25 000, and tobacco 110 000 and that society jails cannabis users while spending UKP 100 million plus on tobacco use; and call for a Royal Commission to investigate drug use.' |
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| John Austin-Walker Tony Banks Hugh Bayley Andrew F Bennet Roland Boyes Richard Burden DN Campbell-Savours Ronnie Campbell Michael Clapham Harry Cohen Jean Corston Ian Davidson Terry Davis Brian Donohoe Jim H Dowd |
Bill Etherington Andrew Faulds Paul Flynn John Garret Neil Gerrard Norman A Godman John Gunnel Nick Harvey John Heppel Keith Hill Kim Howells Simon Hughes Lynne Jones Martyn Jones |
Ken Livingstone Tony Lloyd Calum Macdonald Max Madden Bill Michie Alfred Morris Chris Mullin Colin Pickthall Martin Redmond Barry Sheerman Rachel Squire Matthew Taylor Paddy Tipping James Wallace Brian Wilson |
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Tabled by Tony Banks on 15th December '93 and endorsed by 21 MPs that we know of. |
'This House calls for the establishment of a Royal Commission to review the prohibition of the use of cannabis and to examine alternative options for the control of the drug within the law; notes that millions of British citizens use cannabis for recreational and therapeutic purposes and that not withstanding the enormous resources devoted by law enforcement agencies its popularity and availability continues to increase through out all parts of the UK and across all sections of society; also notes the growing body of evidence which testifies to the medical and therapeutic properties of cannabis and its relative safety compared with other legalised drugs; and believes that the prosecution of thousands of otherwise law abiding citizens every year is both hypocritical and an affront to individual civil and human rights and that these resources are better spent on improved drug education, health and welfare programmes.' |
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| Janet Anderson Tony Banks Andrew F Bennet Roland Boyes Ronnie Campbell Jean Corston Jim H Dowd |
Paul Flynn Keith Hill Kim Howells Simon Hughes Helen Jackson Lynne Jones Martyn Jones |
Ken Livingstone Tony Lloyd Max Madden John McAllion Alex Salmon Alan Simpson David Steel |
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