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H O U S E OF C O M M O N S
APPGITA - All Party Parliamentary Group for
Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction
House of Commons, London SW1A 0AA
Jim Dobbin MP, Chair · John Grogan MP, Vice Chair
Nigel Evans MP & Paul Rowen MP, Joint Secretaries
Email Pat Dobbin · Mick Behan (Parliamentary Researcher)
See also Mick Behan's Blog LATEST NEWS
Message from Jim Dobbin, Chair of the APPG on Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction:
The APPG was set up to raise awareness of Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction and lobby for support for from health service providers, local authorities and government.
In order to pursue our objectives we need more MPs to become involved with the APPG. I myself became involved in this issue by listening to the story of only one constituent, Rob Wilson from Rochdale who was withdrawing from Ativan lorazepam). MPs can become involved in an issue if they are lobbied by a constituent. You can lobby your MP in two ways:
Write to your MP at the House of Commons, Westminster, London, SWIA OAA.
Attend your MP's constituency surgery. Find out when and where the surgery is from your Town Hall's Information service and attend the surgery.
Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction is an appropriate subject to bring to the attention of your MP. Your MP should support you in that there is no justification for the present situation. Tell your MP your own personal tranquilliser story and how you want things to change. If necessary make notes for your visit. You can refer your MP to the Early Day Motion and Parliamentary Questions that I have submitted to Parliament and which are available here on this website (see below).
The focus of our campaign at the moment is to lobby the Department of Health for specialised withdrawal services for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction to be provided throughout the country. As current or ex-tranquilliser addicts you may be disillusioned with politics and the way the system operates. However it is only through political action by MPs that we will be able to change things for the better. An MP will normally respond on an issue if lobbied by a constituent.
Jim Dobbin MP
Chair APPG
October 22, 2008
• Letter from Gillian Merron MP to Jim Dobbin MP, March 3, 2010.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Alan Johnson MP, Home Office, February 8, 2010.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Gillian Merron MP, Dept. of Health, February 2, 2010.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to to Alan Johnson MP, Home Office, January 18, 2010.
• Letter from Lord Sandwich to Gillian Merron MP, December 17, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Mike O'Brien MP, Dept. of Health, November 26, 2009.
• Omand Review of the ACMD, Jim Dobbin MP, November 9, 2009.
• Health: Side Effects of Medication, The Earl of Sandwich, House of Lords (Hansard), November 3, 2009.
• Early Day Motion 2164: Withdrawal from Prescription Drugs, Jim Dobbin, October 27, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to A Grosskurth, Dept. of Health, October 21, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Dr Iddon MP re Evidence Session 06/2008, Dept. of Health, October 6, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Gillian Merron, October 20, 2009.
• Michael Jackson, Press Release, Jim Dobbin MP, August 25, 2009.
• Withdrawal Services Campaign Support, Jim Dobbin, July 28, 2009.
• Home Office reply to Jim Dobbin, MP re Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, July 27, 2009.
• Parliamentary Question: Tranquillisers, Jim Dobbin, July 20, 2009.
• Submission to Equalities and Human Rights Commission, July 20, 2009.
• Parliamentary Question: Tranquillisers, Jim Dobbin, July 16, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Jim Knight MP (Work & Pensions), July 9, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Phil Hope MP (Cares Services), July 1, 2009.
• Letter from DoH Re Ministerial Visit to Oldham Benzo Withdrawal Clinic, June 15, 2009.
• Parliamentary Questions posed by Jim Dobbin, 2008-2009.
• Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, Michael Behan, Addiction Today, May 12, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Trevor Phillips, EHRC, May 12, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Tony McNulty MP (Work & Pensions), April 21, 2009.
• Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction and the Welfare Reform Bill, March 10, 2009.
• APPG for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, Newsletter 4, February 24, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to Tony McNulty MP (Work & Pensions), February 23, 2009.
• Early Day Motion 787: Comments of Professor David Nutt, Jim Dobbin, February 11, 2009.
• APPG for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, Alternative Report, January 22, 2009.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin MP to The Rt Hon James Purnell, DWP, December 11, 2008.
• APPG for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, Newsletter 3, October 24, 2008.
• Letter from Jim Dobbin to Ann Keen, Health Services Minister, October 14, 2008.
• Benzodiazepine Questions asked by Dawn Primarolo MP in Opposition.
• APPG for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, Newsletter 2, March 25, 2008.
• APPG Manifesto on Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, February 12, 2008.
• APPG for Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction, Newsletter 1, January 22, 2008.
• Early Day Motion, No. 99, November 6, 2007, Involuntary Tranquilliser Addiction.
• Early Day Motion, Launched November 18, 2002.
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