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To: Anthony Wong who wrote (6958)	2/9/1999 8:38:00 AM
From: Anthony Wong	Read Replies (2) of 9523

UK Politics - Viagra support for flagging MPs BBC Monday, February 8, 1999 Published at 10:03 GMT A Labour MP who is also a GP has revealed that he has been prescribing Viagra for colleagues in the Commons. Howard Stoate, MP for Dartford, said he had privately prescribed the anti-impotence drug to at least two fellow Labour MPs. His disclosure led one female Tory MP to propose issuing chastity belts to women working in the House of Commons. Dr Stoate made the disclosure in the Commons magazine The House as part of an attempt to highlight what he said was the inadequacy of medical provision for MPs at Westminster. He said the colleagues who had sought his help "were not Saturday night funsters". "They were people who would seriously qualify for Viagra. They are not people saying 'I can only manage it twice a night doc - can you give me something to manage it four times a night," he said. Conservative MP Teresa Gorman said a list of the MPs taking Viagra should be published following Mr Stoate's admission. "As a woman in the House of Commons, it seems we may well be at risk," she said. "Perhaps women MPs should be issued with chastity belts." But Mr Stoate insisted he was stressing a serious point about healthcare provision for Members of Parliament. He added: "The problem is there is no effective or structured method for how MPs who are away from home all week, some hundreds of miles from home, can get access to confidential medical advice." MPs who needed medical advice and help while in London sometimes had to go to chemists or local hospital casualty units, he said. In a bid to improve the situation Dr Stoate has approached the Commons administration committee to try to obtain permission to prescribe on the NHS at Parliament. Although the Commons does have a nurse she is not allowed to prescribe drugs. news.bbc.co.uk

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