ORGAN DONOR CARDS

Early day motion 924, tabled 4 July 2000 by Howard Stoate (Labour). Signed by 73 members.

That this House notes with regret that less than three in 10 people in this country carry organ donor cards, whilst there has been a three per cent. rise between 1998 and 1999 in the number of people awaiting a transplant; believes that the failure of many banks, libraries, shops, GP surgeries and other public facilities to stock organ donation cards, combined with widespread public apathy, is partly responsible for this; and urges the Government, in conjunction with the medical profession, to initiate a programme to publicise the shortage of organs available for transplant and encourage the wider distribution of organ donor cards and a wider take-up of donor cards by the public to coincide with National Transplant Week starting on 16th July.

Signatures by party: Labour 50, Liberal Democrat 12, Labour/Co-operative 5, Conservative 2, Scottish National Party 2, Plaid Cymru 1, Unknown 1.