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Early day motion 815, tabled 13 July 1999 by Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 81 members.

That this House notes that several million people in the United Kingdom suffer problems of bladder and bowel control; deplores the irrational stigma still attached to incontinence that results in many people believing it to be incurable and deters them from seeking medical assistance; is therefore disturbed by the actions of (a) the Sunday Times in refusing to publish on 4th July a public education display advertisement urging people to seek help for the condition and (b) Carlton Television in dropping from Staying Alive, a forthcoming series on the problems of growing old, a section on incontinence on which work had already been completed with considerable assistance from the NHS, relevant charities and affected individuals; and calls on the Sunday Times and Carlton Television to reverse their decisions forthwith.

Signatures by party: Labour 47, Liberal Democrat 22, Labour/Co-operative 4, Plaid Cymru 4, UUP 2, Conservative 1, Independent 1.