SAFETY OF MEDICINES

Early day motion 569, tabled 26 January 2009 by Bob Spink (Independent). Signed by 243 members.

That this House believes that the safety of medicines should be established by the most reliable methods available in order to reduce the large and increasing toll of serious adverse drug reactions; and calls on the Government to initiate an unprecedented comparison of currently required animal tests with a set of human biology-based tests, as required by the Safety of Medicines (Evaluation) Bill, to see which is the most effective means to predict the safety of medicines for patients.

Signatures by party: Labour 135, Liberal Democrat 56, Conservative 27, Scottish National Party 7, DUP 6, Independent 4, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Plaid Cymru 2, Independent Labour 1, Respect 1, UUP 1.