EDM 908 Science And Technology Committee Report On Homeopathy

EDM 908 is an early day motion in the UK Parliament, tabled by David Tredinnick MP (Conservative) on February 23, 2010, objecting to the recent Science and Technology Select Committee Report on Homeopathy. The list of MPs who have signed is regarded by sceptics as the stupid list.
and David Colquhoun, Professor of Pharmacology at University College London, has called it a "handy list of dimwitted members of parliament".
The EDM has become a battleground among supporters and detractors of homeopathy with the Faculty of Homeopathy, the British Homeopathic Association and other homeopathic organizations and homeopathic practitioners encouraging supporters to write to their constituency MPs asking them to sign the EDM while sceptics have encouraged people to do the opposite
. David Tredinnick held his seat, with Brooks gaining 197 votes and 0.4% of the vote.
The Science and Technology Select Committee Report on Homeopathy
The Committee assessed the Government's policy on the issue, including funding of homeopathy under the National Health Service and government policy for licensing homeopathic products. The decision by the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee follows a written explanation from the Government in which it told the select committee that the licensing regime was not formulated on the basis of scientific evidence. "The three elements of the licensing regime (for homeopathic products) probably lie outside the scope of the ... select committee inquiry, because government consideration of scientific evidence was not the basis for their establishment," the Committee said. The inquiry sought written evidence and submissions from concerned parties.
In February 2010 the House of Commons Science and Technology Committee concluded that:
The Committee also stated:
The EDM
::“SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COMMITTEE REPORT ON HOMEOPATHY 23.02.2010
:::Tredinnick, David
::That this House expresses concern at the conclusions of the Science and Technology Committee's Report, Evidence Check on Homeopathy The Society of Homeopaths made two written submissions and were not asked to present oral evidence.
* Tracey Brown’s evidence
* The committee heard from the only Primary Care Trust known to have fully reviewed its use of homeopathy. They decided to stop funding it.
* The report analysed the scientific evidence for efficacy; evidence that homeopathy is used does not fall into this category
* The Committee did not look at individual trials but at the statistically more powerful systematic reviews and meta-analyses.
* The Committee received several written submissions from outside of the United Kingdom including Liga Medicorum Homoepathica Internationalis (International Homeopathic Medical League), the European Central Council of Homeopaths and Dr. Vijay Vaishnav of India.
Signatories
As of April 9, 2010, there are 70 signatories
* Alan Simpson - seconded <ref name="signers" />
* Bob Russell - seconded <ref name="signers" />
* Stephen Pound - seconded <ref name="signers" />
* Andrew Dismore - seconded <ref name="signers" />
* David Simpson - seconded <ref name="signers" />
* John McDonnell
* Gregory Campbell
* Harry Cohen
* Jeremy Corbyn
* David Drew
* James Gray
* Mike Hancock
* Lady Hermon
* Robert Key
* Peter Bone
* Dai Davies
* Michael Mates
* Nigel Dodds
* Derek Wyatt
* Mohammad Sarwar
* Fabian Hamilton
* Nicholas Winterton
* Philip Davies
* Edward Leigh
* Celia Barlow
* Tobias Ellwood
* Anne Main
* Peter Robinson
* William McCrea
* Ian Paisley
* Graham Brady
* Frank Cook
* Patrick Hall
* Brian Binley
* John Pugh
* Edward Davey
* Mike Weir
* Virendra Sharma
* Diane Abbott
* Mark Williams
* John Horam
* Ann Widdecombe
* Michael Spicer
* David Maclean
* Chris McCafferty
* Karen Buck
* Rudi Vis
* Robert Walter
* John Whittingdale
* Dari Taylor
* James Plaskitt
* David Heathcoat-Amory
* Glenda Jackson
* Robert Marshall-Andrews
* Edward O'Hara
* Geraldine Smith
* Richard Ottaway
* Martin Linton
* Colin Burgon
* Frank Field
* Susan Kramer
* Andrew Pelling
* Jenny Willott
* Peter Atkinson
* Julie Kirkbride
* Michael Ancram
* George Howarth
* Jim Cunningham
* Norman Baker

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