Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Paul Burstow (Liberal Democrat), on Thursday, 4 February 2010, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 101 members in total.

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DEMENTIA RESEARCH

That this House welcomes the publication of the Alzheimer's Research Trust's Dementia 2010 report; notes that dementia affects 820,000 people in the UK; further notes that dementia costs the economy ??23 billion per year, more than cancer and heart disease combined; is concerned that dementia research funding is 12 times lower than that for cancer; welcomes the Government's formation of a Ministerial Advisory Group on Dementia Research; and urges the Government to make dementia research a national priority.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

805 

Session

2009-10

Other sponsors

Peter Bottomley

Bob Spink

Lindsay Hoyle

Andrew Dismore

Mike Hancock

Subjects

Mental health

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk