Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Leslie Taylor (Labour and Co-operative Party), on Monday, 6 June 2005, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 229 members in total.

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SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY/ENCEPHALOMYELITIS

That this House notes that 2005 is the 50th anniversary of the first description in medical literature of the illness myalgic encephalopathy/encephalomyelitis (ME); is concerned by the subsequent lack of scientific research into the illness during that time, which has been a cause of distress to the quarter million ME sufferers in the UK; reminds the Government of the study, ME: Cost to the Nation, that put the annual economic cost of ME at ??3.5 billion; is dismayed to learn that one of the few contemporary scientific studies into the causes of this illness, carried out at Glasgow University, is under threat from lack of funds; and calls on the Government to provide the necessary funds to secure and promote this and other studies into the cause and treatment of ME.

Amendments

The Early day motion has received an amendment.

SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH INTO MYALGIC ENCEPHALOPATHY/ENCEPHALOMYELITIS (260A1)

The Early day motion has received an amendment sponsored by Andrew Selous (primary, Conservative) and tabled on Monday, 27 June 2005. It has been signed by 21 members in total.

at end add `by prioritising this study within existing research budgets.'.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

260 

260A1 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Ann Cryer

Neil Gerrard

John Robertson

Desmond Turner

David Heath

Subjects

Anniversaries ME/CFS Diseases Research

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk