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What is an Early Day Motion?
Early day motions are formal motions submitted
for debate in the House of Commons. However, very few EDMs are actually
debated. Instead, they are used for reasons such as publicising the
views of individual MPs, drawing attention to specific events or
campaigns, and demonstrating the extent of parliamentary support for a
particular cause or point of view. An MP can add their signature to an
EDM to show their support. They can also submit amendments to an
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Currently there is an Early Day Motion in the House of Commons in
support of NACC’s work and it would be wonderful if we could get the
majority of MP’s to sign it. The Early Day Motion is number 687
which says: That this House records its thanks for the
outstanding work of the National Association for Colitis and Crohn's
Disease, the voluntary organisation working to improve the lives of
people affected by inflammatory bowel conditions; notes its campaign
to highlight, amongst other things, the importance of the provision
and training of specialist nurses to help care for sufferers of such
diseases; recalls that the Department of Health is currently
reviewing its strategy on managing chronic illnesses; and calls upon
the Government to deliver the necessary financial and technical
support needed for the effective management of such illnesses.
This web page will help you identify your representative and prepare a
letter to send:
 Step 1
If you need to identify your MP then
please click here for a searchable by postcode list of MPs. Please
note that this Early Day Motion is only applicable to the UK national
parliament in Westminster, writing to your MSP or Welsh AM will not
achieve anything.
Step 2
Click here to check if your MP has already signed this Early Day
Motion
Step
3
You can create a letter by entering the following details: |
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NB. This Early Day Motion was
originally put forward in the 2007 session of Parliament and
attracted 84 signatures before it lapsed at the end of the
Parliamentary year.
The sponsor MP Alan Meale has decided to put forward the same
Early Day Motion in 2008 to give time for more MPs to sign their
support.
If you wish, you can
click here to see if your MP
signed the first EDM in June 2007 and then
click here to see if
they have signed the 2008 version. |
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