Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor David Anderson (Labour), on Wednesday, 24 May 2006, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 41 members in total.

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MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY CAMPAIGN

That this House congratulates Danny Smith, a teacher at Ryton Comprehensive School on Tyneside, for his ongoing work to raise both awareness and funds in the campaign to defeat the disease Duchennes muscular dystrophy (DMD); notes that Danny's son Sam suffers from the disease and he, like hundreds of other young males, faces a worrying future; applauds the decision of organisers of the Blaydon Races to nominate DMD as its charitable beneficiary around this year's race and festival; further notes that to date Mr Smith has raised over ??85,000 and that he hopes to boost that amount by running in the Blaydon Race; and urges the Department of Health to support and finance research into the disease in order to offer hope to the hundreds of young boys who face life in a wheelchair and death in their teens.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

2247 

Session

2005-06

Other sponsors

Lord Dodds of Duncairn

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Alan Meale

Martin Caton

Subjects

Charitable donations Muscular dystrophy

Link

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